Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	36.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160302
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '16 at 21:24
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	60%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd 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-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	49.2% Average	Memory 46.9 1-Core 25.1 2-Core 76 30% 49.3 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 483 46% 379 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1003 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.3% Below average	Lighting 32.8 Reflection 39.9 Parallax 80.8 27% 51.2 fps	MRender 60.6 Gravity 58.9 Splatting 77.6 55% 65.7 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 31 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 28 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 60 52 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 260276755	84.1% Excellent	Read 500 Write 406 Mixed 417 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 36.7 4K Mixed 29.1 101% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 68.9 81% 143 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 883GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 68 148727194 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 27 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 988624 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 31 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 26 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 327685 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 589365283 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 27 (C2) HDA temperature 35 19 81604378659 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 3 148727194 (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 95107755802654 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1697700715 (F2) Unknown 100 253 133736851	95.1% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 155 Mixed 151 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.32 92% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x4GB-$47 29,751 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 26.6 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 8.8 23% 8 GB/s	Latency 172 23% 172 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,599x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	604x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	998x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	898x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	319x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	351x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	256x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $698

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16