Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	26% 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	88% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 11:07
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 162 2-Core 323 105% 194 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 903 92% 743 Pts	64-Core 907 56% 907 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1658 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26% Poor	Lighting 14.9 Reflection 72.3 Parallax 63.9 12% 50.4 fps	MRender 76.7 Gravity 63.4 Splatting 57.4 53% 65.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$22 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900208 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 206 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 105 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 74 74 204 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524319 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1283	88% Excellent	Read 505 Write 463 Mixed 481 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 8.2 101% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 12.1 79% 176 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 91%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 930GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 75 (03) Spinup time 135 135 12895977642 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1945 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19376 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1814 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1957 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1957 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 171799478303 (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	99.6% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 182 Mixed 159 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.18 83% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FADG 2x4GB 454 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	82.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 23.3 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 26.5 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 86%

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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 $275	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