Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	35% 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	176% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 17:58
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 504 67% 504 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3965) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35% Below average	Lighting 46 Reflection 42.8 Parallax 42.5 38% 43.7 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 38.8 Splatting 34.3 30% 37.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX300 240GB-$43 7,269 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 145GB free Firmware: M2CR010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 599 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 99 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B4) Unknown 100 100 54 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 655007812 (F7) Unknown 100 100 5416214 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3021910	94.3% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 389 Mixed 420 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 34 125% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 20.9 83% 185 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 114%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1,814 Write 1,008 Mixed 1,098 288% 1,307 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 28.4 131% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 51.9 DQ Write 74 DQ Mixed 25.2 30% 50.3 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 236%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 234852160 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1474 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 111215956 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7981 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1374 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65545 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 60 454230038 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 327 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16629 (C2) HDA temperature 22 40 73014444054 (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 86225763443083 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12815646829 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21410122608	98.2% Outstanding	Read 144 Write 197 Mixed 148 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 5.41 4K Mixed 0.66 206% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 108%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 466GB free Firmware: GG2OA6C0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 227 227 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 19726 (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 92 92 3748 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2176 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 62092 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 163209674772 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	62% Good	Read 108 Write 108 Mixed 102 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.16 66% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 58%
Seagate FreeAgent 1TB 1,597 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 931GB free, PID 3001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 40.8 Write 42.1 Mixed 40.8 54% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.46 63% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 29.2 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 30.2 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 105%

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Desktop 87%

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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	4,551x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	596x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	890x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	439x
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	344x
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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

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 $15	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16