Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	39.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150901
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '16 at 19:50
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	37.2% Below average	Memory 59.8 1-Core 25.7 2-Core 51 32% 45.5 Pts	4-Core 86.1 8-Core 91.1 12% 88.6 Pts	64-Core 71.5 4% 71.5 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.8% Below average	Lighting 42.8 Reflection 58.5 Parallax 65 35% 55.5 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 59 Splatting 53.2 49% 61.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
KINGSTON 240GB 1,204 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 52237233 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -119932666763912 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 994 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 109 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 38 55837065245 (C2) HDA temperature 29 38 55837065245 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 52237233 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 52237233 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 52237233 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16177 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8021 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8021 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11207	61.3% Good	Read 503 Write 220 Mixed 264 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 8.65 77% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 72 71% 114 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 93%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 82.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 174 174 4258 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 66 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 52 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 173 (C2) HDA temperature 119 112 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	81.9% Excellent	Read 144 Write 141 Mixed 132 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.28 117% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 86%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 702GB free Firmware: 82.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 174 4141 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 86 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 669 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 979 (C2) HDA temperature 119 106 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	77.7% Very good	Read 152 Write 119 Mixed 141 104% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.23 91% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 86%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 122GB free Firmware: 50.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 2361 (03) Spinup time 165 155 6716 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6104 (05) Reallocated sector count 158 158 330 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28557 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2151 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 478 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 116 116 254508 (C2) HDA temperature 122 101 28 (C4) Reallocation count 178 178 22 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 192 121 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 193 45 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 10194 (C8) Write error rate 200 147 56	39.8% Below average	Read 64.2 Write 74.6 Mixed 75 54% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.12 32% 0.25 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	44.6% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 20.3 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 8.1 23% 8 GB/s	Latency 128 31% 128 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 95%

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

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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	4,544x
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 $485Bench 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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

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