Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	110% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '23 at 07:00
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 (72^nd percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 87.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 231 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 637 66% 533 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Zotac(19DA 2630) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 546.01 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 120 Parallax 125 109% 126 fps	MRender 145 Gravity 103 Splatting 88.4 89% 112 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT500P3SSD8 500GB 13,020 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: P9CR30A SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 55 43 50 169 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 1,409 Write 289 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 104 100% 469 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 6.7 104% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 476 DQ Write 382 DQ Mixed 829 512% 562 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 305%
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 48GB free Firmware: UE450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 129 93 76 76 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 450 Write 248 Mixed 257 SusWrite 105 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 18.9 78% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 77.5 DQ Mixed 40.1 46% 78.8 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 53%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 682GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 193 185 197 197 198 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 171 Mixed 73.1 SusWrite 183 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 320GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 58 105 107 106 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	60% Above average	Read 119 Write 94.5 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 89.3 68% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 183% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 71%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 126 123 128 127 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 121 Write 116 Mixed 83.9 SusWrite 125 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 112%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0143 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 100 103 100 102 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 89.2 Write 76.3 Mixed 57 SusWrite 100 59% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 1 214% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR 32GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.4 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 24 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 80%

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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	61	44	60	24"	1280 720	GSM5A92 24GM77

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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 - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,598x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	853x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	604x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	997x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	898x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	319x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	256x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $747

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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