Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	48.4% 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	217% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '16 at 15:59
Run Duration	468 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 270 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 772 77% 625 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.4% Average	Lighting 59.2 Reflection 66.5 Parallax 58.5 48% 61.4 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 57.5 Splatting 52.9 49% 60.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 54%
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Asus(1043 83F7) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	33.8% Below average	Lighting 44.5 Reflection 40.3 Parallax 55.5 36% 46.8 fps	MRender 43 Gravity 33.4 Splatting 32.2 29% 36.2 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,690 Write 1,136 Mixed 1,176 295% 1,334 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 32.4 206% 84.4 MB/s	DQ Read 589 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 30.6 135% 311 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 283%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 72GB free Firmware: 605ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4857631 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 17008070497952 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 45 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 33 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 48 94492426275 (C2) HDA temperature 35 48 94492426275 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4857631 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4857631 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4857631 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98784247808 (E9) Unknown 0 0 575 (EA) Unknown 0 0 528 (F1) Unknown 0 0 528 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4397 (F4) Unknown 100 100 524290	71.6% Very good	Read 499 Write 229 Mixed 299 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 10.6 98% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 57.7 90% 169 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 84%
Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH164 3TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 183958760 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 28 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 58091709 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3495 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 28 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 61 47 655884327 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 31600 (C2) HDA temperature 39 53 94489280551 (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 8113193223460 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4496653610 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6568938623	105% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 171 Mixed 165 133% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.36 92% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 206 183 6683 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 264 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12016 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15219 (C2) HDA temperature 109 97 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	77.9% Very good	Read 162 Write 109 Mixed 107 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.16 70% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C13 2x4GB 613 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	MC Read 34 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 25.8 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 31.8 SC Mixed 25.3 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 97%

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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	4,544x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
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	312x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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) $35	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