Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	90% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '17 at 13:26
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 135 2-Core 259 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 736 73% 596 Pts	64-Core 734 45% 734 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3171) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.1% Above average	Lighting 63.6 Reflection 66.5 Parallax 65.4 52% 65.2 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 60 Splatting 53.2 50% 62.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 64 30118204 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 461 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 19238081 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 108031312396960 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 340 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 71 420347928 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9491 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 47244640280 (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 72915659784450 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3343297217 (F2) Unknown 100 253 904408474	14% Very poor	Read 158 Write 117 Mixed 100 28% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.18 2% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 14%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 266GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12517 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2070 (B1) Unknown 98 98 22 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 63 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 199 199 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 2299328 (EB) Unknown 99 99 437 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29933694569	90% Excellent	Read 496 Write 337 Mixed 356 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 27.2 127% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 91.7 114% 205 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 124GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 860 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 492 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 65 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 155 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1313644420	108% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 403 Mixed 416 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 44.4 167% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 117 132% 228 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 68 (03) Spinup time 170 168 4466 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9502 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11618 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2039 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 386 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 33654 (C2) HDA temperature 125 113 22 (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	50.5% Above average	Read 87.3 Write 88.4 Mixed 103 70% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.19 71% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 164 6541 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2629 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16489 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2463 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2151 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 137 137 189448 (C2) HDA temperature 126 114 24 (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 200 198 855807 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.8% Above average	Read 102 Write 95.9 Mixed 85 71% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.29 4K Mixed 0.24 61% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 67%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 189GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 91 91 3690 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19623 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19759 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5082 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 10 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 82 71 302645266 (C2) HDA temperature 80 69 352976916 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 80960 (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 28 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	50% Above average	Read 109 Write 65.4 Mixed 81.4 64% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.52 128% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 3,365 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.4% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.7 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 24.9 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 109%

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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	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
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	345x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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