Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	142% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	16.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151001
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '22 at 16:46
Run Duration	320 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$299 611,852 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 207 82% 138 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 561 60% 466 Pts	64-Core 565 38% 565 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$861 799,794 User benchmarks, average bench 136% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 162 Parallax 161 128% 160 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 167 Splatting 112 128% 131 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 151%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$199 40,246 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 195 172 177 177 184 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 1,023 Write 256 Mixed 510 SusWrite 186 108% 494 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 48.9 205% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,055 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 333 318% 525 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 241%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$261 30,382 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 156GB free Firmware: X35510RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 263 252 238 243 238 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 351 Write 358 Mixed 256 SusWrite 248 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 36.2 124% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 185 156% 228 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 2,924,461 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 461GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 136 138 139 139 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 154 Mixed 83 SusWrite 138 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 211% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 109%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$39 89,633 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 580GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 108 106 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 111 Write 112 Mixed 69.6 SusWrite 109 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 62%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$39 89,633 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 595GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 108 113 113 114 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 115 Write 111 Mixed 67.2 SusWrite 112 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB-$227 621 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.2% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23.7 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 24.4 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

SkillBench Score 63: 10R 1G 10B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
63%	30%	69	275	201	60	24.1"	1920 1200	SAM043F SyncMaster

History: Score 38: 4R 4G 6B | Score 59: 8R 3G 10B | Score 63: 10R 1G 10B

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $299Bench 82%, 611,852 samples	9,100x
Core i5-6600KIntel $210Bench 79%, 351,967 samples	1,964x
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 86%, 565,683 samples	1,149x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $500Bench 105%, 915,325 samples	2,005x
GTX 1070Nvidia $138Bench 81%, 1,386,632 samples	1,898x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $861Bench 136%, 799,794 samples	1,102x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 110%, 710,750 samples	1,083x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $92Bench 104%, 849,566 samples	779x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 113%, 551,205 samples	356x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $72Bench 82%, 576,174 samples	846x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 576,559 samples	547x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $60Bench 71%, 96,275 samples	314x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $1,271

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $278	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $170	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200
Intel Core i7-12700K $345	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $72	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16