Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35% 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	64.6% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '16 at 19:13
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing as expected (47^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, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 184 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 260 31% 240 Pts	64-Core 307 19% 307 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35% Below average	Lighting 40 Reflection 46.5 Parallax 37.1 33% 41.2 fps	MRender 57.1 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 48.7 40% 48.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 512GB-$74 4,600 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 472GB free Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st 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 14318 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2809 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 82 (AE) Unknown 100 100 157 (B5) Unknown 100 100 17437640166275 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 154 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 172 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	71.8% Very good	Read 512 Write 257 Mixed 236 73% 335 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 10.9 94% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 11.7 61% 136 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 81%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 343 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 12288 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13974 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2818 (AA) Unknown 100 100 3 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 44 (AE) Unknown 100 100 124 (B5) Unknown 100 100 4552685978344 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 90 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1809 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 162 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	64.6% Good	Read 494 Write 260 Mixed 208 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 5.55 87% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 6.23 33% 75.3 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 743GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 87 217869960 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 92 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 59 59 1713 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 77804443 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13436 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2750 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1486 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 72 54 471531548 (C2) HDA temperature 28 46 42949672988 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 19 217869960 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 97 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 97 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -30197915035484 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2087603499 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4000607362	42.7% Average	Read 69.1 Write 79.7 Mixed 22.5 42% 57.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.55 103% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 29.2 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 34.3 SC Mixed 27.7 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 91%

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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	4,555x
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