Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	206% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '18 at 16:59
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 234 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 563 60% 477 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.1% Very good	Lighting 112 Reflection 115 Parallax 158 91% 128 fps	MRender 78.2 Gravity 32.9 Splatting 43.1 41% 51.4 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 2,634 Write 1,109 Mixed 1,260 365% 1,668 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 12.2 107% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 7.1 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 27.2 30% 45.9 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 236%
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 41GB free Firmware: 507ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8608971 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 24970939871678 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1616 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 684 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 37 45 68722425893 (C2) HDA temperature 37 45 68722425893 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8608971 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8608971 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8608971 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 50 50 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20821 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18065 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18065 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16915	65.1% Good	Read 500 Write 137 Mixed 192 60% 276 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 18.8 103% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 42.1 60% 111 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 84%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 195GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 132 116 6391 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10869 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 13901 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5367 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1897 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 118 118 246112 (C2) HDA temperature 105 91 42 (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 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.3% Average	Read 77.5 Write 73.3 Mixed 62.2 53% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.19 65% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 59%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 18GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 174 6058 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12430 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17929 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6781 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2039 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12435 (C2) HDA temperature 103 92 47 (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 200 199 223 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33.6% Below average	Read 57.1 Write 59.4 Mixed 47.5 41% 54.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.37 99% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.9% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 15.5 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 16.2 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 103%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,572x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	844x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	600x

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	472x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16