Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.4% 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	279% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	59.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '17 at 00:59
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 269 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 738 71% 587 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Asus(1043 04ED) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Lighting 71.2 Reflection 63.6 Parallax 91.5 58% 75.4 fps	MRender 62.5 Gravity 56.6 Splatting 80.9 56% 66.7 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 4TB-$470 765 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 3.5TB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6 (B1) Unknown 100 99 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 64 21 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10303107	109% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 416 Mixed 430 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 34.8 168% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 184 170% 263 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 2TB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7128 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 125 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 45 21 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23317661417	103% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 407 Mixed 424 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 30.5 144% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 156 162% 268 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 135%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$690 3,492 User benchmarks, average bench 271% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 1,896 Write 1,745 Mixed 1,704 398% 1,782 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 67.4 241% 90 MB/s	DQ Read 526 DQ Write 479 DQ Mixed 244 254% 416 MB/s
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 354%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 465GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10177 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 117 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 60 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11610921557	117% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 406 Mixed 420 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 51 190% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 128 145% 249 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 131%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 233GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 25295 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 185 (B1) Unknown 96 96 38 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 62 21 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 24 (EB) Unknown 99 99 86 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21093776620	89.3% Excellent	Read 502 Write 228 Mixed 357 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 27.4 142% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 85.1 121% 227 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	99.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 31.8 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 29.9 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 189%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	4,551x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	596x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	890x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	439x
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	344x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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