Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	33% 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	114% 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 16 '16 at 01:07
Run Duration	378 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 283 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 781 79% 638 Pts	64-Core 805 50% 805 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Asus(1043 83F6) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6510 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	33% Below average	Lighting 41.4 Reflection 37.2 Parallax 50.6 34% 43.1 fps	MRender 49.3 Gravity 35 Splatting 34.3 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 309GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 635 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 112 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 55 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9471744904	114% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 404 Mixed 413 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 44.2 180% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 110 140% 251 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Samsun 830 Series 128GB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 10GB free Firmware: CXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16893 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1905 (B1) Unknown 77 77 814 (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 67 43 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 455 (F1) Unknown 99 99 87761537847	54.9% Above average	Read 455 Write 141 Mixed 265 63% 287 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 39.3 4K Mixed 14 70% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 54.5 DQ Mixed 38.4 61% 124 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 76%
Samsung HD105SI 1TB 5,813 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 561GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 66.4 Write 120 Mixed 51.6 59% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.5 118% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 60%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 42GB free Firmware: 05.0 Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 101 Write 87.3 Mixed 88 69% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.3 62% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 76%
Samsung M3 Portable 2TB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1.5TB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 109 Write 112 Mixed 117 147% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.32 75% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 48%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 25GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	6.48% Terrible	Read 21.7 Write 3.96 Mixed 7.84 11% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.58 4K Write 0.45 4K Mixed 1 66% 2.01 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.48% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.9 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 104%

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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	4,556x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
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	442x
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 $274	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