Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	156% 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	49.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150706
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '21 at 07:17
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (50^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-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 231 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 614 62% 505 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$499 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% Gigabyte(1458 408D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	156% Outstanding	Lighting 229 Reflection 204 Parallax 199 187% 211 fps	MRender 245 Gravity 153 Splatting 126 137% 174 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 52 51 45 51 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 352 Write 65 Mixed 113 SusWrite 55.2 32% 146 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 22.1 83% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 68.5 DQ Mixed 53.3 66% 123 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 89%
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 512GB 576 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 63GB free Firmware: DXM01D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 263 205 404 334 471 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 204 Mixed 297 SusWrite 330 71% 319 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 46 168% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 156 162% 269 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 512GB 576 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 163GB free Firmware: DXM01D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 159 62 35 37 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	52.5% Above average	Read 198 Write 164 Mixed 202 SusWrite 94.8 37% 165 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 22.1 104% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 126 106% 155 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.6 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 23.9 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 50: 8R 2G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
50%	54%	26	329	263	144	34"	3440 1440	LHC3400 N34QW

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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	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	313x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	345x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16