Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	34.5% 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	84.2% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). 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	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '17 at 17:08
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 150 2-Core 298 98% 180 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 577 77% 575 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B37) CLim: 1350 MHz, MLim: 2020 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.2 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.5% Below average	Lighting 36.2 Reflection 69.5 Parallax 52.1 30% 52.6 fps	MRender 69.3 Gravity 36.8 Splatting 56.4 44% 54.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5700 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1965 (B1) Unknown 93 93 75 (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 64 48 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 23 (EB) Unknown 99 99 603 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21350449050	84.2% Excellent	Read 489 Write 276 Mixed 302 78% 355 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 22.9 130% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 92.4 DQ Mixed 22.4 68% 154 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 108%
Seagate ST9250315AS 250GB-$53 12,691 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 173GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 78 182830404 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8306 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 30 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 187151534 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9472 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4777 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 5558 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295033013 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 46 471334937 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2986 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 319 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 55499 (C2) HDA temperature 25 54 34359738393 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 41 182830404 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	42.9% Average	Read 75.6 Write 73.7 Mixed 69.1 55% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.35 79% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 43%
Toshiba MK3261GSYN 320GB-$72 6,986 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 116GB free Firmware: MH000C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1229 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4579 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 10 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 5672 (0A) Spinup retry count 191 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 899 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 56 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 52 521732122 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 34 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3014702 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 51391 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 52	49.2% Average	Read 84.2 Write 87.1 Mixed 87.7 65% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.32 80% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 64%
Seagate Expansion 320GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 298GB free, PID 2312 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	8.74% Terrible	Read 4.86 Write 30.1 Mixed 4.09 19% 13 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.45 4K Mixed 0.07 19% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.74% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-026.A00G 1x8GB 471 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	41.1% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 11.4 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 13 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 45%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,566x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $746

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16