Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	248% 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	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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago, 5 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	9.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '23 at 12:18
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$88 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 457 60% 451 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 985 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.3% Below average	Lighting 40.4 Reflection 44 Parallax 53.4 33% 45.9 fps	MRender 44.3 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 32.2 31% 39 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 324GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 903 804 797 798 805 808 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 2,403 Write 2,126 Mixed 1,781 SusWrite 819 398% 1,782 MB/s	4K Read 56.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 72.8 235% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 711 DQ Write 577 DQ Mixed 717 517% 668 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 340%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 225 222 226 223 224 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 210 Mixed 105 SusWrite 224 136% 186 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 1.7 388% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 136%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 232 243 226 233 238 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 238 Write 233 Mixed 114 SusWrite 233 150% 205 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 1.5 380% 3.63 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 138%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 592GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 114 113 113 113 113 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 120 Write 96.7 Mixed 101 SusWrite 112 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 85%
WD My Passport 071D 1TB 90 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 483GB free, PID 071d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 43 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	25% Poor	Read 49.8 Write 41.5 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 42 53% 40.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 131% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.1% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 23.8 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 23.8 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 108%

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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	60	26.9"	1280 720	ENC3104 CS2740

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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	4,584x
Core i5-6600KIntel $88Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	848x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	603x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	894x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	474x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	348x
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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $753

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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