Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.6% 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	75.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '17 at 04:04
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 792 83% 663 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 116 Parallax 110 95% 114 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 425GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 16 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 197 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 300 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 17 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 60 171799281699 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 6 (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 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 12915205406 (F7) Unknown 100 100 404633141 (F8) Unknown 100 100 105477321 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3567 (D2) Unknown 100 100 16	75.9% Very good	Read 473 Write 327 Mixed 339 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 26 114% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 24.5 DQ Write 95.4 DQ Mixed 12.9 24% 44.3 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 104%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 196GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11372 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1386 (B1) Unknown 97 97 28 (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 59 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 774 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19661183301	85% Excellent	Read 492 Write 339 Mixed 353 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 25.4 130% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 39.6 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 20.2 51% 99.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 118%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 170 5700 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2112 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3064 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 374 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10472 (C2) HDA temperature 112 104 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66% Good	Read 111 Write 119 Mixed 118 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.19 87% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 96%
Hitachi HDS5C3020BLE630 2TB 4,090 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: MZ4OAAB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 144 144 83 (03) Spinup time 135 135 17197236477 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4197 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11701 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1493 (C0) Power-off retract count 86 86 16928 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 16928 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 176094445604 (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	83.1% Excellent	Read 145 Write 145 Mixed 136 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.17 85% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 84%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 187695040 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2265 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10514072 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3263 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 389 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 60 52 673710120 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5060 (C2) HDA temperature 40 48 47244640296 (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 -98432060488298 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10068907077 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1591420371613	94.2% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 176 Mixed 123 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 5.37 4K Mixed 0.83 222% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 861GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 237831808 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1868 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 133372109 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14109 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1645 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 3 (BD) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BE) vendor-specific 60 53 673710120 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 516 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 39410 (C2) HDA temperature 40 47 47244640296 (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 -124820339544916 (F1) Unknown 100 253 66979041865 (F2) Unknown 100 253 58339711332	83% Excellent	Read 150 Write 138 Mixed 115 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 5.41 4K Mixed 0.81 219% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22.9 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 88%

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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	4,544x
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 $485Bench 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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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