Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	115% 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	150% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	0.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '18 at 08:46
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	53%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 below expectations (6^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Memory 72.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 215 75% 135 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 504 54% 431 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 162 Parallax 139 127% 152 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 145 Splatting 117 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Thnsf5512gpuk TOSHIBA 512GB 1,826 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 318GB free (System drive) Firmware: 51045KLA Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 1,550 Write 693 Mixed 449 195% 897 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 27.7 129% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 27.8 60% 119 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 163%
FCCT256M4SSD1 256GB 628 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 151GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th 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 6724 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2875 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 168 (AD) Unknown 98 98 82 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1225 (B5) Unknown 100 100 7799681123807 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 100 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2513 (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 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	65.7% Good	Read 489 Write 248 Mixed 328 78% 355 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 5.79 95% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 99.2 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 5.97 32% 72.5 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 75%
FCCT256M4SSD1 256GB 628 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 151GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (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 3936 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2308 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 748 (B5) Unknown 100 100 395137843278 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 85 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 34 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0
Poor: 43% Great: 75%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 151GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8520 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2954 (B1) Unknown 95 95 167 (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 78 56 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1235 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16801563065
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 151GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 255 100 255 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2138 (A6) Unknown 100 100 292 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 344 (A9) Unknown 100 100 66 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 321 (AE) Unknown 100 100 773 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 100 231928234018 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 10 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 75689 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1933 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1663	67.3% Good	Read 493 Write 251 Mixed 404 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 5.65 93% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 5.89 42% 99.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 9,254 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	69.7% Good	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 21.3 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 14.4 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 95 42% 95 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 117%

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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	4,555x
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