Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	24.5% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '18 at 02:44
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 (99^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 272 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 391 64% 454 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Lighting 82.6 Reflection 78.6 Parallax 70 67% 77.1 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 74.4 60% 72.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3064 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 426 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4320865879808 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 64 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 21 (AE) Unknown 100 100 32 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 44 240518168615 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2564115137109 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2522 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8399 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4006 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4522 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	24.5% Poor	Read 267 Write 38.8 Mixed 98.4 29% 135 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 10.8 4K Mixed 3.42 34% 9.95 MB/s	DQ Read 77.8 DQ Write 9.15 DQ Mixed 3.55 13% 30.2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 71%
OCZ VERTEX2 60GB 4,861 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 7GB free Firmware: 1.11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2965436 (05) Reallocated sector count 87 87 1120 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -100201586989360 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3376 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 498 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 0 0 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2965436 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 80 80 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18112 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19840 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19840 (F2) Unknown 0 0 43584	23% Poor	Read 149 Write 24.4 Mixed 67.7 17% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 27.9 4K Mixed 6.67 46% 16.5 MB/s	DQ Read 64.6 DQ Write 42.2 DQ Mixed 18.8 23% 41.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 51%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 104GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 100 89 7958 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 398 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3658 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 369 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 20738 (C2) HDA temperature 118 99 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	34.2% Below average	Read 64.1 Write 54.7 Mixed 55.4 44% 58.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.21 67% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 57%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 103GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 113 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 69 9166 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4808 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 29347 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3802 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 128 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 55 193274052636 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 95 95 2655 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 253 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 148240	59.3% Above average	Read 87.9 Write 119 Mixed 94.8 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.42 104% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.1% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 12.5 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 13.1 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 110%

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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	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
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	345x
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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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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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