Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.2% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '17 at 12:32
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 470 61% 460 Pts	64-Core 489 30% 489 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 146 Parallax 131 121% 142 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 136 Splatting 106 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 11699 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 355 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 39 (A8) Unknown 100 100 257 (A9) Unknown 100 100 515 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 125 (AE) Unknown 100 100 76 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 39 167505035294 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1040 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 32813 (F1) Unknown 253 253 16153 (F2) Unknown 253 253 17887 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	99.2% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 421 Mixed 434 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 27.4 132% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 58.7 114% 230 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 902GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 18182584 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 469 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 87830786 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11697 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 358 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 63 538378270 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 25 25 150717 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 73014444062 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 63973537879427 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27121055186 (F2) Unknown 100 253 671224633709	90.9% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 145 Mixed 156 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.18 64% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x8GB 7,412 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.8% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 21.1 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 22.2 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 90%

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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	4,555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	991x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	441x
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	346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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