Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.3% 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	190% 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	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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150706
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '16 at 23:35
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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 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 above expectations (93^rd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 734 73% 595 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Device(0000 0000) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.3% Below average	Lighting 46.5 Reflection 32 Parallax 62.1 38% 46.9 fps	MRender 30.5 Gravity 50 Splatting 40.5 33% 40.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 510GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2444 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 52 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 71 62 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 393117697	99.5% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 482 Mixed 510 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 24.3 144% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 33.4 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 155 125% 167 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 510GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2232 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 48 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 57 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 44 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3005919125	97.8% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 483 Mixed 508 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 24.4 138% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 21.6 62% 122 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 124%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 1,771 Write 902 Mixed 1,124 279% 1,266 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 23.6 195% 79.5 MB/s	DQ Read 45.2 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 27.6 67% 131 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 243%
Lexar JumpDrive P20 USB 3.0 32GB-$23 225 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 26GB free, PID a212 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 272 Write 84.5 Mixed 81.2 148% 146 MB/s	4K Read 8.05 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.79 90% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.8 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 25.2 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 120%

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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 $242Bench 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 $134	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