Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.3% 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	78.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '17 at 18:13
Run Duration	375 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 87.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 89% 162 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 511 68% 509 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2951) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	Lighting 38.5 Reflection 35.8 Parallax 32.3 31% 35.5 fps	MRender 36.6 Gravity 33.7 Splatting 33.9 28% 34.7 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6355 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1458 (A2) Unknown 100 100 160 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3670100 (AE) Unknown 100 100 513 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 513 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 95 (F1) Unknown 100 100 29407 (F2) Unknown 100 100 50411	78.3% Very good	Read 514 Write 318 Mixed 351 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 10.4 100% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 47.5 84% 169 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 97%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 316GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12897026233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1734 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5456 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1111 (C0) Power-off retract count 87 87 16419 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 16419 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 158915035163 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	65.3% Good	Read 102 Write 125 Mixed 131 91% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.19 68% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 107%
WD My Book 1230 2TB 4,878 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 281GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 86.8 Write 87.6 Mixed 77 107% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.23 78% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 59%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 256GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 36.9 Write 37.2 Mixed 22.6 40% 32.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.28 88% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 22%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 220GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 33 Write 31.9 Mixed 5.65 27% 23.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.11 33% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 43%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 214GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 37.3 Write 38.4 Mixed 35.7 48% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.22 64% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.7% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 14.5 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 12.2 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 87%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
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	889x
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	313x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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) $30	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