Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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	149% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	9.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '17 at 02:52
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 259 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 720 74% 597 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 144 Parallax 121 108% 132 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 126 Splatting 103 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 69GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 12 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21414 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 116 (B1) Unknown 87 87 458 (B3) Unknown 99 99 12 (B5) Unknown 99 99 12 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 12 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 41 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 54 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30268426620	88.6% Excellent	Read 506 Write 428 Mixed 472 104% 469 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 18.9 119% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 31.1 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 21.6 62% 124 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 110%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 1,411 Write 624 Mixed 842 211% 959 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 25.2 174% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 39.2 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 27.6 43% 78.2 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 243%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8476 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 663 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 489 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 188979609635 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 183 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 641 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0
Poor: 63% Great: 109%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 77 15697 (03) Spinup time 253 164 1300 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12996 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 46146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 654 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 206 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 62740 (C2) HDA temperature 126 90 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 199 394 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 90 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 179 176 5677	59.5% Above average	Read 116 Write 90.7 Mixed 60.2 66% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.02 67% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 67%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 504GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 90 79454792 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1317 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 3816 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 17222875155 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23151 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 245 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 93 93 7 (BB) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032835 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 40 301135495193 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 43 43 115389 (C2) HDA temperature 25 60 51539607577 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 168 58 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 42966852836982 (F1) Unknown 100 253 54365248599 (F2) Unknown 100 253 152199695573	62.8% Good	Read 118 Write 101 Mixed 98 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.17 64% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 96%
WD My Book 1235 4TB 2,399 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 3TB free, PID 1235 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 136 Write 77.1 Mixed 96.6 123% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.25 69% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 31.3 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 39.5 SC Mixed 28.5 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 106%

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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	4,555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	991x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	441x
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	346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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