Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	68.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '17 at 17:55
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 240 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 455 59% 442 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.1% Good	Lighting 85.8 Reflection 90.2 Parallax 85.4 70% 87.2 fps	MRender 79.4 Gravity 79.2 Splatting 77.7 64% 78.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 128GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2914 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 250 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 61 50 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1492767031	118% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 413 Mixed 415 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 50.2 189% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 129 151% 263 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 66592447 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 -121908351701885 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2261 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 52 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 57 42953408548 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 66592447 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 66592447 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 66592447 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 36977 (EA) Unknown 0 0 34781 (F1) Unknown 0 0 34781 (F2) Unknown 0 0 39967	67.2% Good	Read 482 Write 121 Mixed 191 57% 265 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 19.3 119% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 45.2 57% 102 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 83%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 430GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 55 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 89 3451 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3480 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15769 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 90 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1482 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 201863987228 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 257 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 90 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 246140	46.7% Average	Read 75.7 Write 87.2 Mixed 79.2 61% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.21 60% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.1% Good	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 24.7 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 18.4 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 105%

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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