Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	159% 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 (13%). 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	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '17 at 17:45
Run Duration	298 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 (100^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 784 79% 642 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2602 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 134 Reflection 142 Parallax 106 110% 127 fps	Gravity 121 Splatting 88 90% 104 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,315 Write 836 Mixed 1,049 236% 1,067 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 28 175% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 41.1 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 72.6 65% 93.9 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 243%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 10GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 12 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22444 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 137 (B1) Unknown 87 87 459 (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 71 41 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 57 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30523613290	83.7% Excellent	Read 482 Write 264 Mixed 306 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 21.6 122% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 19.5 85% 196 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 110%
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 8409 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 30 (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 1660 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1501 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 188979544102 (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 99 509 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 632 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0
Poor: 63% Great: 109%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 73 73 16259 (03) Spinup time 253 164 1300 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13017 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 47185 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 675 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 209 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 64061 (C2) HDA temperature 123 90 27 (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	57.1% Above average	Read 112 Write 86.6 Mixed 106 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.17 75% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.1% 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 (49^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 135 Write 82.1 Mixed 101 128% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.24 62% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 42.4% 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 way above expectations (85^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 31 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 42.9 SC Mixed 30.8 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 106%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,571x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	844x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	600x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	472x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16