Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	79.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '23 at 22:12
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 235 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 600 63% 505 Pts	64-Core 619 38% 619 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 143 Parallax 131 107% 135 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 137 Splatting 120 102% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 498GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 378 388 456 464 464 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 243 Write 189 Mixed 164 SusWrite 425 58% 255 MB/s	4K Read 12.7 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 36.7 103% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 191 155% 222 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 443GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 472 394 481 430 447 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 182 Mixed 314 SusWrite 447 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 49.3 165% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 261 220% 320 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 126%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 154 161 147 157 155 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 89.4 Write 203 Mixed 51 SusWrite 156 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.3 101% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3400 C16 2x16GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.8% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 23.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	60	60	27"	2194 1234	DEL40BD DELL P2715Q

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,587x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	848x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	603x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	895x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	474x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	318x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	349x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16