Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32% 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	39.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	23.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160302
Uptime	13.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '17 at 14:32
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 130 2-Core 237 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 579 62% 496 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32% Below average	Lighting 38.3 Reflection 37.5 Parallax 30.5 31% 35.4 fps	MRender 43 Gravity 38.7 Splatting 41.2 34% 41 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 180GB-$395 889 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 72GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 11999025 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 -32727650768978 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1344 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 156 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 67 51543998491 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11999025 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11999025 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11999025 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3310 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2251 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2251 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11803	77.9% Very good	Read 497 Write 197 Mixed 251 69% 315 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 14.7 129% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 65.1 88% 161 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 87%
Corsair Force 3 60GB 4,789 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 10322611 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 105123619553755 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 512 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 59 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10322611 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10322611 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10322611 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12202 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10077 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10077 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4412	39.6% Below average	Read 190 Write 62.3 Mixed 88.3 25% 114 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 13.7 87% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 73.7 DQ Write 60.4 DQ Mixed 19.9 28% 51.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 52%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 458GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 4333 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7999 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32460 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1893 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 571 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7429 (C2) HDA temperature 115 108 32 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.6% Above average	Read 89.3 Write 118 Mixed 70.2 69% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.5 122% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 6,294 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 29.9 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 24.1 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 110%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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