Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	193% 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 (15%). 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	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 01:03
Run Duration	293 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 142 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 792 78% 639 Pts	64-Core 791 49% 791 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.1% 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: 378.92 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 148 Parallax 127 111% 137 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 129 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 57GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 12 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22403 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 136 (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 73 41 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 57 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30325603064	93.8% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 433 Mixed 465 104% 468 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 18.1 112% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 18.6 99% 226 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 110%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1,683 Write 816 Mixed 1,043 260% 1,181 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 36.7 194% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 552 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 174 195% 337 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 193% 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 8484 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 29 (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 96 96 1623 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1456 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 188979544101 (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 99 99 496 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 562 (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 (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 73 73 16199 (03) Spinup time 253 164 1316 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13016 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 47144 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 674 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 209 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 63989 (C2) HDA temperature 125 90 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 199 388 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 90 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 179 176 5677	55.3% Above average	Read 104 Write 89 Mixed 97.5 73% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.19 77% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 67%
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)	42.2% Average	Read 137 Write 79.1 Mixed 69.8 110% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.26 67% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 42.2% 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 (83^rd percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 31.1 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 41.6 SC Mixed 29.9 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 106%

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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