Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	29.4% 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	54.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '16 at 14:40
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Memory 69.5 1-Core 25.9 2-Core 84.9 39% 60.1 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 393 40% 326 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8554) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 33 Parallax 31.8 30% 33.9 fps	MRender 36.9 Gravity 33.2 Splatting 33.5 28% 34.5 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 459 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 58 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 185 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262163 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 69 65 150324838431 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 649 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 592 (F2) Unknown 100 100 473 (F4) Unknown 100 100 4 (F5) Unknown 100 100 19 (F6) Unknown 100 100 168448	54.3% Above average	Read 357 Write 375 Mixed 371 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 22.9 4K Mixed 8.81 44% 15.2 MB/s	DQ Read 99.4 DQ Write 80.1 DQ Mixed 12.2 30% 63.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 104%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 851GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 17 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2166 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 487 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3734 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 378 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 445 (C2) HDA temperature 110 100 33 (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 1	99.4% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 180 Mixed 152 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.68 4K Mixed 0.37 142% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 108%
WD Elements 10B8 750GB 1,204 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 325GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	34% Below average	Read 90.6 Write 67.5 Mixed 63.8 90% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.21 76% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 1,548 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 24.1 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 20.7 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 94%

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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 $241Bench 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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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