Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	212% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '24 at 14:16
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$219 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 105 2-Core 207 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 544 57% 458 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 551.86 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Lighting 73.3 Reflection 74.7 Parallax 68.8 60% 72.3 fps	MRender 66.4 Gravity 71.5 Splatting 67.3 56% 68.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ediloca EN605 256GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: VC2S0390 SusWrite @10s intervals: 902 1136 1173 1146 124 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1992 Write 1,487 Mixed 1281 SusWrite 766 308% 1,382 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 54 181% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 790 DQ Write 508 DQ Mixed 562 442% 620 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 220%
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 476GB free Firmware: HPS1104J SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 312 319 337 342 336 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 346 Write 344 Mixed 293 SusWrite 316 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 10.8 95% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 15.3 58% 126 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 102%
Kingston OM3PDP3512B-A01 512GB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 142% 477GB free Firmware: EDFK0S03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 459 464 510 603 325 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 586 Write 612 Mixed 589 SusWrite 454 126% 560 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 53.2 177% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 739 DQ Write 529 DQ Mixed 621 468% 630 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 196%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GVKB Corsair CMW16GX4M2D3000C16 F4-3200C16-8GVKB Corsair CMW16GX4M2D3000C16 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2992, 2992, 2992, 2992 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 29 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 23.1 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 96%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 25: 0P 2R 4G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
25%	17%	54	214	59	165	31.5"	1280 720	AOC3202 32G2WG3

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,592x
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 $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
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	350x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	255x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $792

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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