Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150901
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '23 at 11:05
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 225 86% 148 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 640 65% 524 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 537.58 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 110 Parallax 104 90% 108 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 104 Splatting 100 82% 99.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 432 Write 415 Mixed 338 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 84.9 4K Mixed 49.9 165% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 353 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$74 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 78GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 436 441 457 457 461 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 429 Write 394 Mixed 353 SusWrite 447 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 46.2 157% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 304 245% 345 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 125%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 104GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 312 316 316 315 315 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 432 Write 414 Mixed 359 SusWrite 329 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 53.7 175% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 350 266% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$74 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 411GB free Firmware: M3CR045 SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 435 442 426 327 316 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 332 Write 397 Mixed 344 SusWrite 396 83% 367 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 48.3 164% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 160 176% 298 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Panram PUD43000C158G2NJK 2x8GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 27.7 96% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 28.9 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 101%

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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	59	144	23.8"	1280 720	ACR0526 XB241YU

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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	4,579x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	845x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	601x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	473x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	317x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16