Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


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 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.7% 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	195% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	24 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '24 at 01:47
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 224 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 620 63% 509 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 122 Parallax 108 93% 115 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 107 Splatting 97.4 84% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GB 18,375 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1025 646 646 588 616 621 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,752 Write 1,741 Mixed 1,540 SusWrite 690 321% 1,431 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 52.5 172% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 811 DQ Write 498 DQ Mixed 716 517% 675 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 296%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$75 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 172GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 428 431 360 319 321 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 430 Mixed 420 SusWrite 379 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 47.1 153% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 201GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 385 383 316 298 298 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 342 Write 333 Mixed 317 SusWrite 344 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 43.9 143% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 250 186% 249 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 128%
Toshiba MK2561GSYN 250GB-$19 2,120 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 62GB free Firmware: MH000D SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 71 70 71 71 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 72.3 Write 57.4 Mixed 22.9 SusWrite 71 41% 55.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$37 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 31 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 39.3 SC Mixed 29.2 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 28: 0P 3R 1G 10B (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%	3	200	30	60	23.5"	1280 720	SAM0D2C C24F390

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,566x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16