Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39.6% 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	60% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	11.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '17 at 11:27
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 (95^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 460 58% 440 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Asus(1043 8469) 3GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.6% Below average	Lighting 47.8 Reflection 47.7 Parallax 44.7 39% 46.7 fps	MRender 64.7 Gravity 47.7 Splatting 41.4 41% 51.3 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 180GB-$395 889 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.06B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8612215043 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 139852725110088 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1980 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 328 (B1) Unknown 0 0 11 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 52 77312819238 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8612215043 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8612215043 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8612215043 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 34097 (EA) Unknown 0 0 38588 (F1) Unknown 0 0 38588 (F2) Unknown 0 0 24774	60% Above average	Read 432 Write 149 Mixed 205 57% 262 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 11 84% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 40.4 77% 156 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 87%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 65GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 6 (03) Spinup time 173 170 6333 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2055 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17876 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1999 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 313 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 398442 (C2) HDA temperature 116 102 34 (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 33 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.9% Average	Read 87.5 Write 75.8 Mixed 65.9 57% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.17 69% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 65%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 17GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 27 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8775 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5738 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35079 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4183 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 746 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4991 (C2) HDA temperature 107 84 45 (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 1	57.9% Above average	Read 103 Write 98.5 Mixed 92.8 74% 98 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.72 4K Mixed 0.49 127% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C13 2x8GB 2,810 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	89.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 29.5 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 27.6 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 97%

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Gaming 86%

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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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
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	342x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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