Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.7% 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	62.8% 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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '21 at 22:58
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 98% 180 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 835 86% 696 Pts	64-Core 839 52% 839 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2063) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 4025 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.7% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 120 89% 115 fps	MRender 159 Gravity 107 Splatting 96.6 96% 121 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team L7 EVO SSD 120GB 731 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: V2.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 132 80 83 83 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 471 Write 359 Mixed 330 SusWrite 90.9 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 14.2 111% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 22.1 52% 105 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 64%
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 105GB free Firmware: N0530A SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 283 282 281 279 281 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 347 Write 137 Mixed 262 SusWrite 280 57% 256 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 36.2 129% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 164 137% 198 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 96%
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 512GB 26,235 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 322GB free Firmware: VB421D57 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1315 1345 1359 1347 1345 1028 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	319% Outstanding	Read 2,688 Write 1,081 Mixed 1,276 SusWrite 1,290 351% 1,584 MB/s	4K Read 58.1 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 80.3 275% 99.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,272 DQ Write 878 DQ Mixed 1392 954% 1,181 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 319% Great: 309%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 435GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 115 116 116 117 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 109 Write 107 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 116 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 46,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2568 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 25.9 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 27.6 80% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.8% 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 44: 6R 4G 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
44%	28%	43	288	167	60	23.5"	1920 1080	SAM0D2C C24F390

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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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
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	342x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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