Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	41.2% 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	51.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	40.3 GB free of 48 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '16 at 05:20
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 282 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 505 66% 494 Pts	64-Core 532 33% 532 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Asus(1043 8469) 3GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5382 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.2% Average	Lighting 52 Reflection 45.1 Parallax 56.1 42% 51 fps	MRender 60.2 Gravity 42.8 Splatting 43 39% 48.7 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Fm-25s3- 240GBP3 240GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: GS50 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 118 195682682 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -122483877327015 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 830 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 303 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 195682682 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 195682682 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 195682682 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 41343 (EA) Unknown 0 0 37651 (F1) Unknown 0 0 37651 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14666	51.4% Above average	Read 195 Write 172 Mixed 139 38% 169 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 8.81 106% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 9.42 26% 51.8 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 54%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1TB free Firmware: JC45 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 118 Write 102 Mixed 107 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.44 98% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 68%
WD WD7501AALS-00J7B 750GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 362GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 222 7233 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8111 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 41500 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3559 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1049 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8076 (C2) HDA temperature 113 99 37 (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	55.1% Above average	Read 105 Write 87.1 Mixed 86.8 70% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.2 75% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C14-16GTZ F4-3200C16-8GTZ F4-3200C14-16GTZ F4-3200C16-8GTZ 48GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	106% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 35.1 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 30.4 90% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

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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