Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '21 at 17:32
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th 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-$81 342,244 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)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 250 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 476 62% 467 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.100.9684 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.8% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 8.4 Parallax 8.6 6% 8.13 fps	MRender 10.9 Gravity 7 Splatting 11.9 8% 9.93 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.8% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 195 Parallax 184 143% 184 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 179 Splatting 130 120% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,777 Write 8,180 Mixed 7,828 1,775% 7,928 MB/s	4K Read 551 4K Write 333 4K Mixed 366 1,480% 416 MB/s	DQ Read 1,290 DQ Write 1,145 DQ Mixed 1,152 882% 1,196 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Kingston SEDC400S37960G 960GB 133 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 481GB free Firmware: SAFM32.I SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 444 445 446 446 450 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 442 Mixed 297 SusWrite 445 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 41.2 154% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 183 175% 271 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 2,787 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 29 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 27.4 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 103%

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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: 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	7	6	240	24.1"	1280 720	SAM0E43 C24FG7x

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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 $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 $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 $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16