Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	35.5% 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	61.9% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 20:21
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 726 77% 613 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Asus(1043 04AE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1206 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.5% Below average	Lighting 39.8 Reflection 63.8 Parallax 56.3 32% 53.3 fps	MRender 61 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 51.2 41% 50.7 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 752 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 511 (A5) Unknown 100 100 47264301316 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 219 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 104 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 65 279173726238 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 317831315530 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1064 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2672 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2437 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2346 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	61.9% Good	Read 486 Write 337 Mixed 296 82% 373 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 24.9 4K Mixed 9.26 59% 19 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 8.6 36% 74 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 101%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 111GB free Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3743318 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 110028472190181 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 180 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 23 (B1) Unknown 0 0 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 38 73016934427 (C2) HDA temperature 27 38 73016934427 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3743318 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3743318 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3743318 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1829 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1858 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1858 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2744	55.1% Above average	Read 483 Write 110 Mixed 152 54% 248 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 14.3 85% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 75.8 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 28.6 41% 75 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 73%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 15GB free Firmware: 01.00A02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 186 3575 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 399 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19158 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 374 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 309 (C2) HDA temperature 114 96 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	27.9% Poor	Read 49.1 Write 48 Mixed 47 36% 48 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.28 71% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB 20,001 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 20.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 24.1 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 95%

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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	4,545x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	841x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $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