Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago, 6 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '23 at 19:21
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 241 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 640 66% 534 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 545.92 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.5% Very good	Lighting 95 Reflection 107 Parallax 97.2 77% 99.6 fps	MRender 89.5 Gravity 98 Splatting 95.9 78% 94.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Braveeagle 960GB 960GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 277 311 357 342 229 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 387 Mixed 299 SusWrite 313 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 39.9 149% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 226 195% 287 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 122%
Hitachi HCS5C2020ALA632 2TB 1,802 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 453GB free Firmware: ML6OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 96 91 96 96 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 122 Write 112 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 94.8 73% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB 1,234 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 23.2 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 24.2 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 95%

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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	40	5	60	31.5"	2560 1440	SAM0F53 C32JG5x

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,593x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	852x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	604x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	996x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	897x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
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	350x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	255x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $792

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16