Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	97.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '17 at 07:22
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 539 72% 540 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 489GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 69 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (B7) Unknown 100 100 36 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 67 141735100442 (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 78 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6959828 (F7) Unknown 100 100 226141 (F8) Unknown 100 100 225760 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1933 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	58.5% Above average	Read 254 Write 177 Mixed 182 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 25.4 100% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 46.6 65% 121 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 99%
Nvme PLEXTOR PX-512M8 512GB 329 User benchmarks, average bench 178% 330GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 206 Mixed 430 63% 280 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 46.6 181% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 552 DQ Write 397 DQ Mixed 211 229% 386 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 248%
Samsung MZ7PD480HAGM-000D3 480GB 160 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 175GB free Firmware: DXM02D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1972 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 452 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 18304 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 60 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 98 98 1286 (EB) Unknown 99 99 388 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1965866786	102% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 415 Mixed 483 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 27.5 141% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 91.3 135% 255 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 625GB free Firmware: JB0OA3B0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 186 186 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 281 (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 94 94 2729 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 140 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 307402 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 197569478681 (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 200 200 421 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	45.6% Average	Read 86.5 Write 72.5 Mixed 85.9 62% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.19 60% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 75%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 29GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 242 Write 90.1 Mixed 118 165% 150 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 10.5 4K Mixed 4.78 563% 8.9 MB/s	DQ Read 12.4 DQ Write 11.5 DQ Mixed 5.18 613% 9.69 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 93%

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 @ 3183 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 35.1 110% 38.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 43.4 SC Mixed 31.3 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 108% 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	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
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	345x
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 $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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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