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 above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	234% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	21.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '17 at 04:03
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	NIC-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 148 2-Core 266 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 705 74% 590 Pts	64-Core 753 47% 753 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 2,054 Write 1,220 Mixed 1,176 327% 1,483 MB/s	4K Read 56.1 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 37.3 207% 77.7 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 391 DQ Mixed 199 196% 309 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 37GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3601 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1054 (B1) Unknown 98 98 23 (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 62 42 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 64 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5983481290	107% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 411 Mixed 421 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 28.4 162% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 104 136% 246 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 85 18775456 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1701 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 60153168801 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18532 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 112 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 19 19 81 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 572456992 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1736 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 73014444064 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 3 18775456 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 13908 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -36240934026285 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2983509455 (F2) Unknown 100 253 43189180	74.1% Very good	Read 133 Write 126 Mixed 118 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.13 62% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 74%
ADATA HM900 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 268GB free, PID a43a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.8% Below average	Read 100 Write 97.7 Mixed 65 109% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.25 53% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 4x8GB 863 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 26.4 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 24.4 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 98%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $184	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