Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	May 12 '24 at 19:18
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$64 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 234 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 450 60% 451 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3177) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 551.61 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 85.6 Parallax 76.8 62% 79.5 fps	MRender 75.9 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 67.3 59% 72.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Ultra II 250GB 595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 369 Write 364 Mixed 227 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 40.9 139% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 186 157% 230 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 102%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 131GB free Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 424 259 52 49 204 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 503 Write 440 Mixed 414 SusWrite 206 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 42.8 4K Mixed 0.9 68% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 50.9 DQ Mixed 0.9 28% 70.8 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 32.6 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 41 SC Mixed 28.7 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 105%

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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	70	57	144	27"	1280 720	SAM717B LS27AG30x

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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 - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,613x
Core i5-6600KIntel $64Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	606x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,001x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	901x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	477x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	444x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	320x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	182x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	351x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	259x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $695

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16