Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.9% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '17 at 19:48
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 290 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 819 86% 690 Pts	64-Core 816 50% 816 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2565 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 161 Parallax 141 122% 151 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 149 Splatting 119 106% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 229GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^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 100 100 701 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 120 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 48 223339544610 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3266995782 (F7) Unknown 100 100 102386315 (F8) Unknown 100 100 44019853 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3540 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	78.3% Very good	Read 477 Write 340 Mixed 341 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 25.9 119% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 25.7 DQ Write 92.2 DQ Mixed 13.9 24% 43.9 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 104%
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 673 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 112 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 84 (AD) Unknown 100 100 655396 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2610	74.9% Very good	Read 512 Write 334 Mixed 350 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 10.2 102% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 31.3 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 9.1 40% 83.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 91%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 129 129 21504000446 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 464 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 639 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 89 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 464 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 464 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 184685035556 (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 0	106% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 182 Mixed 158 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.19 93% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%

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 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 31.3 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 42.7 SC Mixed 31.3 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

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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 $133	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