Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.23% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	4.28% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	11.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '24 at 17:53
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 122 2-Core 255 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 691 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.2115 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5.23% Terrible	Lighting 7.2 Reflection 9.4 Parallax 0.2 6% 5.6 fps	MRender 9.9 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 0.1 4% 5.63 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.23% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFZ10.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 46 37 2.5 36 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	4.28% Terrible	Read 17.2 Write 333 Mixed 9.7 SusWrite 39 23% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 0.5 4% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 4.28% Great: 89%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 12GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.1 7.2 4.8 8.4 8.4 6.5 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	7.83% Terrible	Read 5.7 Write 13.2 Mixed 1.7 SusWrite 7.1 10% 6.93 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 86% 7.7 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.83% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2400C15-4GIS Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G F4-2400C15-4GIS Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.3% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 20.1 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 21.2 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 99%

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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	35	7	60	23"	1280 720	HWP3032 HP 23xi

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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	4,557x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	313x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $953

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16