Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	84.4% 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	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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	17.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	May 24 '17 at 03:27
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 717 73% 593 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 152 Parallax 142 115% 145 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 136 Splatting 111 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2211 240GB-$90 1,866 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS221017 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3906 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 139 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 510 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2228329 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4461	84.4% Excellent	Read 524 Write 332 Mixed 462 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 14.5 112% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 42.9 92% 183 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 17GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3903 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 113 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 60 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 835319537	114% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 416 Mixed 417 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 48.3 188% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 105 117% 195 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 38906792 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 138 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11620646 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3906 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 130 (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 60 52 705888296 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 46174 (C2) HDA temperature 40 48 60129542184 (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 40518721472924 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2852541723 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15284449913	99.1% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 156 Mixed 167 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.18 68% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 114%
General USB Flash Disk 32GB 3,571 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 10GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 144 Write 24.6 Mixed 61.6 78% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 7.46 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 1.33 123% 3.42 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3466C16 4x8GB 733 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.2% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.6 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.7 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 142%

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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 $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $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 $295	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 $40	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