Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.3% 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	78.1% 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.

High background CPU (26%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160302
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 12:28
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 261 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 650 69% 552 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.3% Below average	Lighting 46.6 Reflection 44.7 Parallax 38.9 38% 43.4 fps	MRender 33.3 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 36.4 30% 36.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 458GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 791 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 281 (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 72 68 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 54161450	105% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 403 Mixed 418 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 46.1 151% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 128 147% 253 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 134%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 226GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 791 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 281 (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 71 68 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 181762084	60% Good	Read 350 Write 215 Mixed 214 57% 260 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 29.4 4K Mixed 21.2 83% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 63.8 76% 135 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 114%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 938 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 356 (B1) Unknown 97 97 12 (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 64 57 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6816824034	78.1% Very good	Read 473 Write 265 Mixed 276 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 26.2 106% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 66.8 97% 186 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 114%
Hitachi HDN724030ALE640 3TB 4,385 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 86 (03) Spinup time 132 132 38685770195 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 888 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 912 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 357 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 888 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 888 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 158914838560 (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 200 200 0	85.2% Excellent	Read 151 Write 146 Mixed 157 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.24 114% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 26,065 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 22.3 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 89%

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

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,570x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $742

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16