Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.5% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '17 at 17:21
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 749 77% 622 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4993) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.4% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 111 Parallax 100 86% 105 fps	MRender 92.8 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 87.7 75% 92.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507KC4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 12168872 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -109736414399834 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4894 (0D) Soft read error rate 47 47 67263494991528 (64) Unknown 0 0 36296 (AA) Unknown 0 0 3584 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 998 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 22 52 34363146262 (C2) HDA temperature 22 52 34363146262 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12168872 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 105 105 -89438398971904 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12168872 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12168872 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 0 (E8) Unknown 0 0 14 (E9) Unknown 0 0 28563 (EA) Unknown 0 0 22251 (F1) Unknown 0 0 22251 (F2) Unknown 0 0 27818	80.5% Excellent	Read 525 Write 240 Mixed 326 80% 364 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 23.6 140% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 36.1 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 43.4 45% 70.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 73%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 759GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 106821816 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 561 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6259264 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1195 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 585 (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 76 68 403963928 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3119 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 38654705688 (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 -132199093368440 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4537976986 (F2) Unknown 100 253 425751809497	77% Very good	Read 85.1 Write 182 Mixed 158 108% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 5.28 4K Mixed 0.99 244% 2.38 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 111%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 307GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 174679952 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3271 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30462941 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6236 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3256 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 524296 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 76 62 403898392 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1274 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20085 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 34359738392 (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 -112407884058441 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23895154694 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22300778895	92.3% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 165 Mixed 125 111% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 5.38 4K Mixed 0.95 233% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 31.9 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 32 94% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

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Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

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 $132	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