Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	16.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '24 at 20:46
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 197 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 537 54% 441 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.23 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 214 Parallax 130 106% 158 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 135 Splatting 120 101% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 58 51 55 47 38 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.1% Average	Read 201 Write 125 Mixed 178 SusWrite 50.5 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 26.2 98% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 90.7 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 77.1 66% 96.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 75%
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 277GB free Firmware: Z1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 350 414 419 422 421 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 331 Write 391 Mixed 344 SusWrite 390 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 33.7 114% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 214 184% 267 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 102%
Kingston SHFS37A120G 240GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 190GB free Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 150 157 144 151 159 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 294 Write 209 Mixed 226 SusWrite 154 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 31.3 98% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 154 126% 177 MB/s
Poor: 62% Great: 93%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 249GB free Firmware: A31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 93 93 92 92 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 93.1 Write 92.1 Mixed 50.1 SusWrite 92 60% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 61%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 408GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 136 134 135 133 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 117 Write 148 Mixed 78.9 SusWrite 134 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D26AFTA.16FAD 4x8GB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.6% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 25.6 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 24.4 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 118%

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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	56	27	60	23.1"	1280 720	GSM59A8 23EA53

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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	4,573x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	844x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	600x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	472x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16