Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	33.5% 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	68.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '17 at 16:13
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (56^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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 141 2-Core 283 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 782 84% 670 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Asus(1043 04AE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1236 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.5% Below average	Lighting 35.6 Reflection 55.1 Parallax 40.7 29% 43.8 fps	MRender 61.6 Gravity 40.8 Splatting 52.1 42% 51.5 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 453 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 310 (A5) Unknown 100 100 25785336003 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 219 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 96 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 65 279173726232 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 236225953847 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 890 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2002 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1833 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1724 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	68.9% Good	Read 486 Write 334 Mixed 301 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 25.5 4K Mixed 9.06 60% 19.1 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 7.86 76% 182 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 101%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 439GB free Firmware: 01.00A02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 186 3600 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 199 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18868 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 174 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 116 (C2) HDA temperature 118 96 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	48.7% Average	Read 84.7 Write 85 Mixed 77.4 62% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.17 57% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB 20,001 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2609 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 23.1 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 26.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 95%

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

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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 - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,599x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 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 $140Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $747

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