Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	21.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151001
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '17 at 12:46
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (52^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 217 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 380 49% 371 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 114 Parallax 103 91% 110 fps	MRender 94.4 Gravity 100 Splatting 88.6 77% 94.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 118068651873319 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2340 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 930 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 108 108 17637910 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 930 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 738029 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 35 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 738029 (F2) Unknown 100 100 397786 (F9) Unknown 100 100 23624	75% Very good	Read 508 Write 140 Mixed 210 62% 286 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 18.1 131% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 43.1 72% 141 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 90762784 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1668 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34255740 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4928 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 882 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1835036 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 538247199 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 36547 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 51539607583 (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 -16119012259458 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16576055289 (F2) Unknown 100 253 597045806067	97.6% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 163 Mixed 151 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.22 81% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 198263112 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2983 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 17232467441 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12642 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2335 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 1898 (BE) vendor-specific 69 58 521469983 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 61 61 79990 (C2) HDA temperature 31 42 47244640287 (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 121070833113880 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24665164602 (F2) Unknown 100 253 27556242081	69% Good	Read 165 Write 75.5 Mixed 125 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.29 86% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 18.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 113%

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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	4,562x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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