Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 33.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	44.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.6% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '16 at 23:28
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way below expectations (13^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 1.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	33.7% Below average	Memory 47.2 1-Core 29.2 2-Core 55.6 29% 44 Pts	4-Core 109 8-Core 272 22% 191 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 33.7% 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 Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.6909 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.3% Average	Lighting 46 Reflection 65.7 Parallax 72.2 38% 61.3 fps	MRender 78.4 Gravity 71.5 Splatting 64.2 58% 71.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 603GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd 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 100 100 477 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 167 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (B4) Unknown 0 0 10480 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 50 214749741086 (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 2686395638 (F7) Unknown 100 100 83980639 (F8) Unknown 100 100 19998562	55.6% Above average	Read 344 Write 320 Mixed 298 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 11.2 62% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 88.7 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 10.2 31% 67.2 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 104%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 505GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 90 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 43 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 63 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2890446087	81.1% Excellent	Read 502 Write 400 Mixed 423 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 22.6 92% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 89.8 96% 159 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 135%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 473GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896960695 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6297 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7697 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2532 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6904 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6904 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 214749282333 (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	68.9% Good	Read 137 Write 104 Mixed 141 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.22 60% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 107%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 310GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 69.6 Write 76.1 Mixed 72.2 95% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.21 65% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3400 C16 4x4GB 254 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.9 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 8.4 23% 8.1 GB/s	Latency 171 23% 171 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 129%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	991x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	441x
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	346x
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: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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