Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.37% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	295% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '17 at 18:38
Run Duration	296 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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 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 (72^nd percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 85.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 245 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 678 69% 560 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.6.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	6.37% Terrible	Lighting 7.3 Reflection 4.5 Parallax 6.94 6% 6.25 fps	MRender 9.9 Gravity 7.03 Splatting 9.3 7% 8.75 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 6.37% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 302GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6566 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1599 (B1) Unknown 96 96 48 (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 62 54 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 165 (EB) Unknown 99 99 341 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36191674469	95.7% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 349 Mixed 358 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 72.7 4K Mixed 28.7 142% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 102 121% 213 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 126%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 130GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 2133 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1871 (A5) Unknown 100 100 111690121473 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 46 (A8) Unknown 100 100 13 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 47 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 44 188979675174 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1194006151446 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 770 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2528 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1710 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4495 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84.5% Excellent	Read 470 Write 334 Mixed 327 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 22.2 114% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 52.6 95% 192 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 101%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	295% Outstanding	Read 2,416 Write 1,739 Mixed 1,788 440% 1,981 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 65.9 244% 92.1 MB/s	DQ Read 525 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 206 198% 320 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 295% Great: 353%
Toshiba DT01ABA300 3TB 5,677 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 908GB free Firmware: MZ6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 144 144 84 (03) Spinup time 165 165 30082859397 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2956 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2180 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2956 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4233 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4233 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 214749347880 (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	60.7% Good	Read 106 Write 106 Mixed 93 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.21 71% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 88%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 125 117 6708 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7863 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17461 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3841 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 222 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 347683 (C2) HDA temperature 108 87 39 (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	52.9% Above average	Read 98.9 Write 85.4 Mixed 79.8 66% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.16 75% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 59%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 712GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 175 5908 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9776 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11981 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2774 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 207 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 170 170 92557 (C2) HDA temperature 110 96 40 (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	35.8% Below average	Read 97.1 Write 28 Mixed 45.5 42% 56.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.29 4K Mixed 0.19 42% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 83%
Samsung Flash Drive DUO 128GB 597 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 43GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 38.2 Write 17.4 Mixed 28.8 33% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.11 4K Write 0.63 4K Mixed 0.82 64% 1.85 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 19.7 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 20.5 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 88%

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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	4,571x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	844x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	600x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	472x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16