Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.3% 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	290% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '17 at 18:52
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 141 2-Core 284 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 571 76% 570 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 119 Parallax 107 92% 113 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 103 Splatting 83.7 76% 94.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	290% Outstanding	Read 2,682 Write 1,436 Mixed 1,520 414% 1,879 MB/s	4K Read 62.2 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 51.3 240% 88.4 MB/s	DQ Read 594 DQ Write 444 DQ Mixed 225 248% 421 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 290% Great: 254%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 64090411 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2016 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1344 (07) Seek error rate 43 39 700083226791 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8525 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 714 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 77310656534 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 59 522125343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 263 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7002 (C2) HDA temperature 31 41 64424509471 (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 8319351658088 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4818857062 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19987838472	95.9% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 164 Mixed 128 115% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 5.25 4K Mixed 0.68 198% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 94%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 485GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 2166 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 469 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1158 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 244 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 453 (C2) HDA temperature 108 103 35 (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	86.6% Excellent	Read 153 Write 148 Mixed 139 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.77 4K Mixed 0.31 119% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 7,238 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 31.5 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 43.1 SC Mixed 33 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 111%

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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	4,554x
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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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 $178	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