Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	May 23 '17 at 21:08
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 280 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 579 8-Core 579 78% 579 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 109 Parallax 92.4 84% 102 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 92.6 Splatting 96.3 77% 94.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s 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 99 99 3600 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 572 (B1) Unknown 98 98 90 (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 64 53 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16769252371
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 26GB free Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 70970039611397 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2079 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 121 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7306 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10667 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10667 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7375	42.6% Average	Read 192 Write 117 Mixed 137 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 10.5 88% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 95 DQ Mixed 40.8 37% 53.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 61%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 7GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7557 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1177 (B1) Unknown 94 94 62 (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 67 52 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 89 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24860874314	90.3% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 282 Mixed 349 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 25.2 137% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 81.6 117% 220 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 118%
Hitachi HDT721075SLA380 750GB 736 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 294GB free Firmware: ST4OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 91 91 3014662 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 116 (03) Spinup time 118 118 30088233317 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3619 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 33276 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2309 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10249 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10249 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 274878890016 (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 200 200 0	50.3% Above average	Read 94.3 Write 80.7 Mixed 85.5 65% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.3 84% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 65%
WD My Book Essentials 1.5TB 1,072 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 22GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 40.5 Write 40.9 Mixed 35.2 50% 38.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.16 64% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 34.3 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 38.9 SC Mixed 30 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%

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Gaming 86%

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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	4,554x
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	990x
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	440x
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	345x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 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