Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.3% 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	102% 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	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 (12%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150714
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '17 at 07:07
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (60^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)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 257 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 717 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R9 290X 3,695 User benchmarks, average bench 49% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Lighting 67.4 Reflection 59.3 Parallax 88.8 55% 71.8 fps	MRender 58.7 Gravity 57.4 Splatting 74.5 53% 63.6 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 399GB free Firmware: SAFM00.U Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10537 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1233 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1062 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196615 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 458755 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C2) HDA temperature 73 64 154619215899 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1952 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1781 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5442 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3 (F5) Unknown 100 100 7 (F6) Unknown 100 100 529664	91.2% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 495 Mixed 503 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 11.4 104% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 13.3 79% 174 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 110%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 529 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 12755 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1584 (64) Unknown 100 100 6661696 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (AF) Unknown 100 100 1 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 100 (B2) Unknown 100 100 4 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 100 184684052517 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 529 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 294 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 529 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 16873 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14810 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9308 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1919	102% Outstanding	Read 795 Write 627 Mixed 673 155% 698 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 11.1 104% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 30.2 DQ Write 81.2 DQ Mixed 13.5 22% 41.6 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 159%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 466GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 98 73 (03) Spinup time 75 75 8400 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 6748 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 34126 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1809 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 98 72 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 288 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 82 1 302841874 (C2) HDA temperature 78 59 369950742 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 36057 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 99 99 394 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	56.1% Above average	Read 98.4 Write 97 Mixed 103 75% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.44 115% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$234 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB 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	74.4% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23.4 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 117%

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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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16