Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 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 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	90.8% 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	97.7% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). 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	45.2 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '18 at 10:41
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 85 1-Core 82.7 2-Core 224 72% 131 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 460 45% 366 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 90%

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: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 122 Parallax 104 94% 114 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 106 Splatting 106 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5677 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1305 (B1) Unknown 98 98 26 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 564 (EB) Unknown 99 99 105 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24275375164	97.7% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 404 Mixed 413 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 27.7 157% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 42.2 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 28.3 56% 107 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 134%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 237275096 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 569 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1758739 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 816 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 274 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 471203868 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1485 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 42949672988 (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 16819091932502 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2441855760 (F2) Unknown 100 253 217329024373	86.6% Excellent	Read 121 Write 179 Mixed 127 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 5.29 4K Mixed 0.67 200% 2.21 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 121GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 54011272 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7694 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 8636507207 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10513 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2903 (B7) Unknown 88 88 12 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 58 13339328539 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 908 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 37263 (C2) HDA temperature 27 42 -140737488355301 (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 -17738214926879 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19194572158 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19254746129	64.9% Good	Read 111 Write 115 Mixed 148 95% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.3 76% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK32GX4M2A2666C16 CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 CMK32GX4M2A2666C16 CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 48GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 20.8 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 90%

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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	4,554x
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 $45Bench 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 $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