Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '24 at 21:06
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 (72^nd percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 227 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 632 65% 525 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Nvidia(10DE 13AA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 140 Parallax 147 119% 144 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 130 Splatting 111 111% 140 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SFYRS1000G 1TB 17,374 User benchmarks, average bench 389% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: EIFK31.6 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 675 Write 1,444 Mixed 880 226% 1,000 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 52.5 176% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 870 DQ Write 461 DQ Mixed 756 538% 696 MB/s
Poor: 247% Great: 573%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 2,712 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 485GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 394 446 465 447 438 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 401 Write 313 Mixed 296 SusWrite 412 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 36.9 130% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 257 218% 319 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 114%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$85 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 444GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 131 132 132 131 131 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 106 Write 104 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 130 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 129GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 74 73 74 74 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 74 Write 72.9 Mixed 61.4 SusWrite 73.9 52% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.2% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 22.4 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 22 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 89%

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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	53	21	120	24.1"	1280 720	SAM0D57 C24FG70

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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	4,564x
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 $90Bench 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 $48Bench 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: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $803

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16