Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.8% 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	91.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '18 at 09:06
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 223 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 688 63% 529 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 (SLI Disabled) 5,438 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Nvidia(10DE 095B) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.8% Poor	Lighting 32.3 Reflection 34 Parallax 41.8 26% 36 fps	MRender 46.5 Gravity 36.6 Splatting 32.1 31% 38.4 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsun 840 EVO 250G 250GB 436 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13328 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2094 (B1) Unknown 83 83 205 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 67 47 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 262 (F1) Unknown 99 99 71297788936	91.3% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 345 Mixed 352 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 22 137% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 40.6 87% 183 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 199GB free Firmware: CC26 Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 148 Write 152 Mixed 149 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.25 74% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 113%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 92GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 15023408 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 972 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 117630053 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6268 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 945 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590131203 (BD) vendor-specific 65 65 35 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 538181664 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1118 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 30064771104 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 73813307957947 (F1) Unknown 100 253 118953423601 (F2) Unknown 100 253 171822536638	70.1% Very good	Read 97.6 Write 146 Mixed 141 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.76 198% 2.01 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.3 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 22.8 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.4% 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	4,555x
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 $295	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