Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	216% 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.

High background CPU (28%). 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	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '18 at 19:57
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 259 94% 165 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 804 77% 634 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Lighting 81.7 Reflection 80.3 Parallax 77.6 67% 79.9 fps	MRender 73.6 Gravity 73.7 Splatting 75.8 61% 74.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 223GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4696973 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 131176891171098 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2442 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 224 (B1) Unknown 0 0 21 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 50 1009320591388 (C2) HDA temperature 28 50 1009320591388 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4696973 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4696973 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4696973 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 21 21 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 548416 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20131 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20131 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13635	73.7% Very good	Read 505 Write 237 Mixed 298 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 16.5 97% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 76.3 103% 187 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 85%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 2,518 Write 1,060 Mixed 1,324 358% 1,634 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 32.2 150% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 112 92% 131 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 236%
WD Elements 25A3 5TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1019 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 197 9108 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 804 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 415 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 804 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1824 (C2) HDA temperature 118 109 34 (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	85.2% Excellent	Read 145 Write 151 Mixed 138 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.78 4K Mixed 0.28 124% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 243GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 10891896 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10430 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 40032567 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15932 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 66 66 35593 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 67 47 555089953 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 296 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40648 (C2) HDA temperature 33 53 55834574881 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 126619930855499 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15745972375 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17601973967	54.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 87.7 Mixed 76.3 66% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 3.86 4K Mixed 0.26 124% 1.56 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 43GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 215094088 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4851 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19841091 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9126 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 732 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 622133281 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23581 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 55834574881 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 6713033885070 (F1) Unknown 100 253 34832639788 (F2) Unknown 100 253 115809083757	44.9% Average	Read 83 Write 73.7 Mixed 55.9 53% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.13 51% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 114%
Generic- SD/MMC/MS/MSPRO 64GB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 39GB free, PID 0307 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	21% Poor	Read 39.5 Write 25.5 Mixed 35.4 41% 33.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.96 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.64 170% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB 4,021 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 31.3 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 45.6 SC Mixed 30.9 96% 33.6 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 136%

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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