Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.1% 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	63.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

4 months ago, 19 days ago, 16 days ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '24 at 16:59
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 141 2-Core 278 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 769 78% 630 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.76 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 112 Parallax 101 84% 105 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 104 Splatting 100 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT2000P3SSD8 2TB 10,674 User benchmarks, average bench 287% 865GB free (System drive) Firmware: P9CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 445 416 360 409 1095 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 139 Write 369 Mixed 207 SusWrite 522 71% 309 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 3.3 45% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 284 220% 297 MB/s
Poor: 117% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 417%
Samsung 870 EVO 2TB-$190 31,076 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1.5TB free Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 438 441 445 450 406 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 470 Mixed 443 SusWrite 437 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 60.6 198% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 363 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 136%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x8GB 7,412 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 25.1 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 26.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 90%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 45: 0P 5R 6G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
45%	48%	27	214	59	60	27"	1280 720	ACR0490 XB271HU

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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	4,571x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	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