Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	238% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

10 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '23 at 18:56
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$120 342,244 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 (92^nd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 243 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 427 57% 427 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Lighting 68 Reflection 74.3 Parallax 65.8 55% 69.4 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 67.2 Splatting 58.5 53% 65.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
N512v3t 512GB 512GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 454GB free (System drive) Firmware: V0530B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 888 1364 1496 1552 1552 1543 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 1,629 Write 1521 Mixed 1,131 SusWrite 1,399 319% 1,420 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 32.1 185% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 798 DQ Write 701 DQ Mixed 549 466% 683 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 238%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 53GB free Firmware: EXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 124 118 122 127 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 376 Mixed 378 SusWrite 154 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 50.8 179% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 171 180% 296 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$24 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 910GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 185 192 175 177 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 102 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 181 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 112%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 64GB 221 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 10GB free, PID 6008 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 4.8 17 14 14 14 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 51.7 Write 39.8 Mixed 6 SusWrite 12.8 32% 27.6 MB/s	4K Read 9.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 34% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$31 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.6% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.1 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22.1 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 95%

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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: 0P 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	71	60	60	34.1"	1280 720	GSM7715 LG HDR WFHD

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $163Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,634x
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	857x
Core i7-7700KIntel $229Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	612x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,006x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	905x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $350Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	477x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	445x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	322x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	184x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	355x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	259x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

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