Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.2% 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	92.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '21 at 14:53
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 87.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 259 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 702 69% 567 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.2% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 131 Parallax 120 93% 122 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 125 Splatting 109 90% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 43 44 47 46 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 457 Mixed 344 SusWrite 73.5 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 52 184% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 148 146% 228 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 392GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 100 99 100 100 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 128 Write 112 Mixed 76 SusWrite 99.6 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 113%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 954GB free Firmware: AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 113 115 115 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 111 Write 113 Mixed 93.7 SusWrite 114 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 122% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 291GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 106 108 108 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 144 Write 101 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 107 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 113%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 314GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 69 70 71 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 79.8 Write 77.8 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 68.7 51% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 111% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 6,294 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 22.7 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 22.2 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 55: 7R 5G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
55%	41%	41	259	198	60	63.7"	5760 1080	MSI3BA4 NV Surround

History: Score 3: 0R 1G 0B | Score 55: 7R 5G 5B

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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 - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,543x
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 $134	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) $39	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