Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '18 at 21:22
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 105 2-Core 211 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 419 55% 412 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2007 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 117 Parallax 101 91% 110 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 100 Splatting 103 82% 99.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$48 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 305GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 406 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 176 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B4) Unknown 0 0 43 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 40 257698037805 (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 2484530973 (F7) Unknown 100 100 41940739 (F8) Unknown 100 100 23047422	66.9% Good	Read 373 Write 313 Mixed 315 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 47.3 4K Mixed 18.1 91% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 18.1 45% 94 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 125%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 6,400 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 327 Write 302 Mixed 231 214% 287 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 3.61 4K Mixed 0.43 152% 1.65 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 236%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 731GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896764085 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5263 (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 4818 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1695 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 13404 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 13404 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 201864511526 (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 28	110% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 180 Mixed 174 140% 186 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.22 104% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 22.3 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 22 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 80%

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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	4,544x
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 $279	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