Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	17.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	98.6% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 19:45
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 150 2-Core 291 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 826 83% 674 Pts	64-Core 836 52% 836 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.3% 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 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.94 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.7 16% 20.6 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 26 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4965 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 975 (B1) Unknown 98 98 32 (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 68 60 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 96 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28523019550	98.6% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 414 Mixed 419 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 29.9 167% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 48.3 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 118 80% 94.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 134%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABS0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789530412 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1709 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3108 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 649 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5243 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5243 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 176094642206 (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	101% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 170 Mixed 162 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.17 104% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 264GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 234322934 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3948 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 417171922 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16479 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1919 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065678 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 323 (BE) vendor-specific 67 60 571736097 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 47244640289 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 28 234322934 (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 -58660663312455 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1022125798 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1564355062	47.8% Average	Read 82.8 Write 83.8 Mixed 77.8 61% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.34 85% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 4x8GB 1,993 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3403 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 42.9 MC Mixed 34.5 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 48.6 SC Mixed 34.2 97% 33.9 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 121%

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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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
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	313x
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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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