Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	26% 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	46.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '18 at 00:46
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 250 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 685 65% 537 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% PowerColor(148C 2337) 2GB CLim: 955 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	26% Poor	Lighting 32.7 Reflection 29.9 Parallax 39.8 27% 34.1 fps	MRender 26.7 Gravity 27.3 Splatting 34.6 25% 29.5 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 57GB free Firmware: X35510RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7011 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1520 (A5) Unknown 100 100 51554681015 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 14 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 101 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 51 219044446237 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 128854589525 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6404 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7753 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6187 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9707 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	82% Excellent	Read 501 Write 272 Mixed 314 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 19.4 118% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 40 85% 180 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 107%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 525ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10799278 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -103723460186183 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3049 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 435 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 51 42953015325 (C2) HDA temperature 29 51 42953015325 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10799278 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10799278 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10799278 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16946 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15356 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15356 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19508	46.2% Average	Read 163 Write 138 Mixed 117 31% 140 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 13.7 86% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 36.6 55% 103 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 85%
Excelstor Technology J9250S 250GB 1,876 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 22GB free Firmware: GM2OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 138 (03) Spinup time 107 107 12897484989 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 12820 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 28 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 40274 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5246 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12979 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12979 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 219043987483 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	41.5% Average	Read 71.3 Write 73.2 Mixed 62.7 52% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.28 67% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 31.2 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 29.2 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 104%

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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	4,544x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
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	312x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $275	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) $35	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