Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.6% 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	62.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (67%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150901
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '24 at 17:32
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	67%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 104 2-Core 188 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 544 56% 450 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$250 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8816) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 145 Parallax 102 89% 119 fps	MRender 145 Gravity 105 Splatting 91 90% 114 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 75 114 117 123 98 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 297 Write 215 Mixed 187 SusWrite 109 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 33.8 118% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 146 116% 161 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 142GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 170 161 174 155 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 275 Write 257 Mixed 250 SusWrite 167 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 36.2 127% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 170 135% 186 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 85%
Kingston SNV2S1000G 1TB 75,739 User benchmarks, average bench 260% 777GB free Firmware: ELFK0S.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1822 2132 2121 1990 1928 1105 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 1,432 Write 2,133 Mixed 1,679 SusWrite 1,850 402% 1,773 MB/s	4K Read 52 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 69.6 236% 83.5 MB/s	DQ Read 963 DQ Write 495 DQ Mixed 704 530% 721 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 352%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 189 188 190 191 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 160 Mixed 83.1 SusWrite 187 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 191 189 192 195 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 156 Mixed 82.8 SusWrite 190 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G KHX2133C14D4/8G KHX2400C15/8G KHX2133C14D4/8G 32GB 131 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	71.9% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 21.1 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 86.4 46% 86.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 87%

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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	70	58	60	40"	1280 720	SAM0B7C SAMSUNG

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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	4,590x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	851x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	604x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	896x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	255x
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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	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