Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	215% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '18 at 12:59
Run Duration	465 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 208 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 516 56% 441 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 150 Parallax 120 109% 134 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 127 Splatting 102 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 318GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,927 Write 1,351 Mixed 1,194 330% 1,491 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 25 156% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 25.8 74% 160 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 254%
Transcend SSD370S 512GB-$209 3,350 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 115GB free Firmware: P0614D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 130 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 543 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 40 (A3) Unknown 100 100 29 (A4) Unknown 100 100 11515 (A5) Unknown 100 100 59 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 11 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 18385 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 121086 (F2) Unknown 100 100 107339 (F5) Unknown 100 100 184240	98.3% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 423 Mixed 460 104% 468 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 32.8 132% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 65.6 102% 192 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 111%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 94GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4849 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1022 (B1) Unknown 99 99 54 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 49 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8281587759	109% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 496 Mixed 489 112% 503 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 35.5 151% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 134 140% 227 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 119%
Toshiba Q300 240GB-$85 5,005 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 91GB free Firmware: SAFM11.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2092 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 566 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 138 (C2) HDA temperature 74 46 231929348122	55.5% Above average	Read 415 Write 142 Mixed 206 56% 254 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 6.12 75% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 29.4 71% 152 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 93%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 73GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4920 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1057 (B1) Unknown 98 98 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 37 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 6 (EB) Unknown 99 99 200 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7706250712	82.7% Excellent	Read 486 Write 269 Mixed 275 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 26.3 122% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 49.6 87% 174 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 123%
General USB Flash Disk 8GB 1,724 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 8003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	4.52% Terrible	Read 17.7 Write 3.97 Mixed 5.24 9% 8.98 MB/s	4K Read 4.07 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.03 18% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.52% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2747 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 27.8 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 22.4 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 118%

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Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	991x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	441x
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	346x
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: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $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