Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 92.3%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
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	148% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	May 19 '17 at 20:28
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-6700K-$314 150,192 User benchmarks - Average bench 92% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	SC Int 127 SC Float 134 SC Mixed 129 104% 130 Pts	QC Int 454 QC Float 462 QC Mixed 452 103% 456 Pts	MC Int 642 MC Float 736 MC Mixed 698 103% 692 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$395 176,435 User benchmarks - Average bench 100% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 326 Reflection 300 Parallax 321 100% 315 fps	MRender 204 Gravity 305 Splatting 235 106% 248 fps
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 111%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$408 4,262 User benchmarks - Average bench 79% 931GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 50415 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 16 (B1) Unknown 98 98 16 (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 72 51 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 130 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26784721932
Poor: 55% Great: 99%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$200 3,342 User benchmarks - Average bench 142% 77GB free Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SYSTEM 4KALIGNED Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 1,546 Write 545 Mixed 821 212% 970 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 27.1 165% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 34.6 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 27 43% 76.9 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 176%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100V -63 1TB 24 User benchmarks - Average bench 56% 642GB free Firmware: AX001Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1714 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 507 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1064 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 1613 (0A) Spinup retry count 110 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 296 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1160 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 249108693021 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 75 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 80 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 98 98 1042 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 267 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	56.5% Above average	Read 98.6 Write 98.3 Mixed 92.5 73% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.13 52% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Avexir DDR4-2400 CL16 8GB 4x8GB 68 User benchmarks - Average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 25.2 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 25.2 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 119%

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Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,386 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 106%

UFO

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 69%

Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $150

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $314Bench 92%, 150,192 samples	5,423x
Core i5-6600KIntel $209Bench 90%, 81,841 samples	1,059x
Core i7-7700KIntel $298Bench 101%, 71,342 samples	363x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $470Bench 125%, 108,160 samples	1,650x
GTX 1070Nvidia $395Bench 100%, 176,435 samples	1,441x
GTX 980 TiNvidia $560Bench 99%, 48,283 samples	847x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 178,470 samples	911x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $159Bench 96%, 106,391 samples	813x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $486Bench 216%, 20,077 samples	413x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $163Bench 84%, 37,443 samples	587x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $170Bench 89%, 22,049 samples	374x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $175Bench 87%, 4,507 samples	220x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $1,192

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $298	Nvidia GTX 1070 $395	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $95
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $280	AMD RX 480 $491	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $120
Intel Core i5-7600K $220	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $260	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $159

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $42	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $163	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $33
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $77	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $785	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $22
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $157	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $13