Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.5% 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	89.7% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '17 at 21:15
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 238 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 301 46% 332 Pts	64-Core 262 16% 262 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 121 Parallax 102 92% 112 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 102 Splatting 101 82% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 574GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 804 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 842 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 72 (B4) Unknown 0 0 10480 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 50 214749347871 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 9959972013 (F7) Unknown 100 100 311433021 (F8) Unknown 100 100 177854761	89.7% Excellent	Read 477 Write 376 Mixed 332 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 24.9 134% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 91.5 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 29.7 67% 132 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 104%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 293GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2572 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 722 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 61 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 30 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3657528506	115% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 418 Mixed 429 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 38.6 181% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 191 182% 286 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 135%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 343GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 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 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 73 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896895161 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7056 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10181 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3224 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7689 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7689 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 214749282338 (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	65% Good	Read 119 Write 108 Mixed 111 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.16 38% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 107%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 183GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	27.4% Poor	Read 64.9 Write 60.5 Mixed 53.6 76% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.17 59% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 2,268 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 25.3 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 23.6 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 115%

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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	4,555x
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	991x
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	441x
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	346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 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