Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 135% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	150% 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	207% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '21 at 14:37
Run Duration	290 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 254 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 748 74% 603 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Zotac(19DA 2617) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	150% Outstanding	Lighting 222 Reflection 203 Parallax 194 181% 206 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 152 Splatting 134 126% 158 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 626 332 334 336 336 335 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,746 Write 1,431 Mixed 568 SusWrite 383 228% 1,032 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 58.2 214% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,086 DQ Write 1,080 DQ Mixed 702 632% 956 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 236%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 686GB free Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 354 355 360 350 327 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 340 Write 306 Mixed 189 SusWrite 350 67% 296 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 23.5 105% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 239 173% 223 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 104%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 353GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 426 419 449 457 451 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 428 Mixed 370 SusWrite 437 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 52.1 185% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 250 215% 317 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 117%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 124GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 276 276 276 277 295 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 288 Mixed 324 SusWrite 298 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 56.8 196% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 230 208% 316 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 118%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 828GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 377 373 374 377 374 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 356 Write 369 Mixed 323 SusWrite 375 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 42.4 153% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 240 181% 243 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 121%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 123 121 123 122 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 112 Write 113 Mixed 80.1 SusWrite 122 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 96%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 189 188 189 190 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 180 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 189 106% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 177% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GB 32,191 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 42.8 MC Write 45.3 MC Mixed 34.3 117% 40.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 31.1 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%

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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	9	6	165	27"	1280 720	XMI2701 Mi Monitor

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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	4,542x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	312x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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