Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '17 at 22:43
Run Duration	381 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 508 68% 507 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Lighting 73 Reflection 72.6 Parallax 65.2 60% 70.3 fps	MRender 75.4 Gravity 67.3 Splatting 57.5 54% 66.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 375GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4375 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2277 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4332716553 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 45 (A8) Unknown 100 100 22 (A9) Unknown 100 100 576 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 47 201864708132 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1305687753008 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4106 (EA) Unknown 100 100 10739 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8764 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8524 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	78.1% Very good	Read 503 Write 341 Mixed 299 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 13.4 121% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 39.9 DQ Write 90.9 DQ Mixed 12.8 25% 47.9 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 108%
PNY USB3.0FD 32GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 25GB free, PID 00ea Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 90.5 Write 6.87 Mixed 13.8 31% 37.1 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.01 39% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 22%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 1,307 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 14GB free, PID a815 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	5.19% Terrible	Read 17.4 Write 4.67 Mixed 5.28 9% 9.12 MB/s	4K Read 6.91 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.007 26% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.19% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB 12,182 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 26.1 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 26.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 99%

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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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
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	342x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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