Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '16 at 22:04
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 592 79% 592 Pts	64-Core 593 37% 593 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Sapphire(174B E324) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 20.19.0.32837 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 76.5 Reflection 64.8 Parallax 93.4 62% 78.2 fps	MRender 64.4 Gravity 59.9 Splatting 80.7 57% 68.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.40 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 13272624 (05) Reallocated sector count 95 95 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 17222818871103 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 738 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 559 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 51 68722819103 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13272624 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13272624 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13272624 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18790 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8251 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8251 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7163	72.7% Very good	Read 450 Write 211 Mixed 256 67% 306 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 17.1 134% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 38.2 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 17.4 31% 58 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 86%
Corsair Neutron XT 240GB-$170 1,466 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 29GB free Firmware: SAFC01.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3180 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 149 (A2) Unknown 100 100 578 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131084 (AE) Unknown 100 100 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 96 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 470 (F2) Unknown 100 100 430	93.9% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 509 Mixed 510 115% 515 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 15.3 135% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 39.6 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 16.4 31% 58.9 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 115%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 105GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2262 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27695 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1052 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 703 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1558 (C2) HDA temperature 112 92 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	107% Outstanding	Read 215 Write 158 Mixed 156 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 3.03 4K Mixed 0.2 107% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 105%
Hitachi HDS721050DLE630 500GB 10,673 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 69GB free Firmware: MS1OA650 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 91 (03) Spinup time 111 111 12898468045 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6677 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 27608 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1048 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7205 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7205 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 214748823583 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 14147	67.1% Good	Read 116 Write 118 Mixed 123 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.15 63% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 82%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 23GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 71.8 Write 71.1 Mixed 73.3 93% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.15 67% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 34.5 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 42.1 SC Mixed 31.7 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%

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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	4,551x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	596x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	890x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	439x
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	344x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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