Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.2% 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	57.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '18 at 12:29
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 269 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 741 74% 604 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 853F) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.2% Above average	Lighting 63.7 Reflection 68 Parallax 61 52% 64.2 fps	MRender 73.2 Gravity 59.8 Splatting 53.1 50% 62.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: O080 Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 354 Write 206 Mixed 207 56% 255 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 28.1 4K Mixed 19.7 79% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 39.8 58% 110 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 91%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 12GB free Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 11809271 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -9345848831007 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2175 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 128 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11809271 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11809271 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11809271 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1352 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1540 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1540 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1252	42.4% Average	Read 198 Write 70.6 Mixed 103 27% 124 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 13 89% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 71 DQ Mixed 29.8 41% 77.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 51%
Corsair Force 3 90GB-$242 1,943 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 4GB free Firmware: 1.3. Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 166 Write 62.8 Mixed 67.6 22% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 40.6 4K Mixed 10.2 60% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 83.8 DQ Mixed 27.4 39% 72.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 56%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 111GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 159 4900 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5465 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10165 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3740 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 702 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5458 (C2) HDA temperature 122 76 25 (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	37.6% Below average	Read 82.8 Write 47.9 Mixed 73.2 52% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.31 89% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 69%
Seagate Desktop HDD 1TB (2013) 2,070 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 33GB free Firmware: CC92 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 156552595 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8086 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5956636 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4316 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2855 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 88 88 12 (BC) Unknown 100 99 196611 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 30 3367759052823 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 531 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5006 (C2) HDA temperature 23 70 68719476759 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 156552595 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -11798275157821 (F1) Unknown 100 253 315377708 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3218013284	38.3% Below average	Read 66.2 Write 67 Mixed 54 47% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.29 72% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	89.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 27.8 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 26.7 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 97%

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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	4,571x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	844x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	600x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	472x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16