Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.5% 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	51.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

High background CPU (27%). 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	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	9.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '17 at 18:08
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 232 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 634 65% 524 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1555 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Lighting 69.9 Reflection 68.7 Parallax 66.7 57% 68.4 fps	MRender 69.7 Gravity 62.8 Splatting 53.2 50% 61.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 1TB-$65 6,111 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 438GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^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 8 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 29 304943792170 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2743456503 (F7) Unknown 100 100 85817826 (F8) Unknown 100 100 34503207 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8781 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	79.4% Very good	Read 484 Write 338 Mixed 338 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 14.9 94% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 14.7 80% 186 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 104%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^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 3230 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 619 (64) Unknown 100 100 6393120 (65) Unknown 100 100 1112576 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 60 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 95 95 1884 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1335 (B7) Unknown 95 95 26 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 100 279173726242 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 95 95 5 (E9) Unknown 100 100 11501 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6137 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8901 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8020 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	51.7% Above average	Read 360 Write 210 Mixed 206 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 40.6 4K Mixed 9.33 75% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 9.4 26% 51.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 88%
Samsung S2 Portable 500GB 2,689 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 69GB free, PID 1f05 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 38.4 Write 41.8 Mixed 38.8 52% 39.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.38 75% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CRC Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G M378A1K43CB2-CRC Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G 32GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	67.3% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 22 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 15.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns

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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 $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