Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	118% 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	84.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 03:49
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 156 2-Core 312 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 623 8-Core 624 83% 624 Pts	64-Core 623 39% 623 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2677 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 160 Parallax 138 130% 153 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 150 Splatting 117 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ONYX 32GB 164 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 30GB free Firmware: 1.7 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 174 0 0 (0C) Power cycle count 33 4 0 (B8) Unknown 7 0 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 0 0 0 (C4) Reallocation count 0 0 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 0 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 85 199 5776 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 124 155 7878 (C8) Write error rate 196 111 95 (C9) Soft read error rate 127 225 61 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 223 45 11 (CB) Run out cancel 35 161 10 (CC) Soft ECC correction 0 0 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 136 19 0 (CE) Flying height 5 0 0 (CF) Spin high current 13 1 0 (D0) Spin buzz 12 0 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 99 0 0 (D3) Unknown 0 0 0 (D4) Unknown 0 0 0 (D5) Unknown 0 0 0	22.1% Poor	Read 182 Write 58.4 Mixed 89.3 24% 110 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 5.74 4K Mixed 3.91 40% 10.3 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 26%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st 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 100 100 956 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 446 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 18 (AE) Unknown 100 100 124 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2595 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1107 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 53 201864511520 (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 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3164066625 (F7) Unknown 100 100 99093696 (F8) Unknown 100 100 91244636	84.3% Excellent	Read 514 Write 389 Mixed 411 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 18.2 113% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 15.6 54% 110 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 113%
Transcend SSD370 32GB-$20 162 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 27GB free Firmware: N1114B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd 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 100 100 163 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 512 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 44 (A3) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 31356 (A5) Unknown 100 100 69 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 492 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15543 (F2) Unknown 100 100 16366 (F5) Unknown 100 100 31356	35.6% Below average	Read 242 Write 40 Mixed 66 25% 116 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 12.3 71% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 80.1 DQ Write 38.6 DQ Mixed 19.2 25% 46 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 46%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 17GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4758 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2473 (B1) Unknown 96 96 39 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 53 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 499 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6151298539	85.7% Excellent	Read 480 Write 343 Mixed 341 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 20.7 119% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 67.6 99% 183 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 131GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 147258502 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4289 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 65 4329865836 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1593 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 504758302 (C2) HDA temperature 30 51 68719476766 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 25 147258502 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -49619757164080 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1043197540 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3479141336	39.7% Below average	Read 74 Write 64 Mixed 63.8 51% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.56 117% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 504 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 42.4 MC Mixed 30.6 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 29.8 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

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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	4,542x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	312x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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