Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	34.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	11.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 08:56
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 242 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 375 56% 407 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.2% 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)	65% Good	Lighting 82.6 Reflection 81 Parallax 77.9 67% 80.5 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 73.2 Splatting 75.9 60% 73.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3110 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 468 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4475487651641 (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 61 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 44 240518168612 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2645719843432 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2562 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8662 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4084 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4612 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	34.4% Below average	Read 484 Write 85.1 Mixed 97.9 48% 222 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 9.87 4K Mixed 3.56 32% 9.46 MB/s	DQ Read 15.8 DQ Write 13.1 DQ Mixed 3.37 6% 10.8 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 34.4% 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 (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2503527 (05) Reallocated sector count 87 87 1120 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -116659901667583 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3418 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 529 (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 99 99 2503527 (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 43712	17.7% Very poor	Read 109 Write 26.1 Mixed 37.2 12% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 8.7 4K Write 25.4 4K Mixed 6.75 35% 13.6 MB/s	DQ Read 15.1 DQ Write 42.3 DQ Mixed 19.5 18% 25.6 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 51%
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 above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 114 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 69 9008 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4827 (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 29397 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3833 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 128 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 55 193274052637 (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 150222	62.6% Good	Read 89.9 Write 128 Mixed 77.2 73% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.48 120% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 75%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 86GB 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 102 89 7866 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 427 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3708 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 398 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21500 (C2) HDA temperature 117 99 30 (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	33.7% Below average	Read 64.5 Write 52.8 Mixed 56.2 44% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.14 61% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 57%

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 (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.5% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21.7 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 20.5 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.5% 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