Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	64.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	161% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '17 at 21:13
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (72^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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 156 2-Core 313 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 874 89% 720 Pts	64-Core 874 54% 874 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.9.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Lighting 83.3 Reflection 58.3 Parallax 108 68% 83.2 fps	MRender 58.5 Gravity 79 Splatting 74.8 59% 70.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 241GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 960 Write 913 Mixed 913 208% 929 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 37.8 166% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 423 DQ Mixed 104 157% 293 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 332%
Crucial M550 128GB-$40 2,673 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 71GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^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 13527 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 739 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 123 (AE) Unknown 100 100 442 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 46 231929217058 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4953827941 (F7) Unknown 100 100 155413053 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1194639	110% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 345 Mixed 410 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 39.7 171% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 63 127% 258 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 104%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 856GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 106 Write 185 Mixed 111 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 3.32 4K Mixed 0.65 156% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 184%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 379GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 183 1616 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4511 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6178 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1319 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 314 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 308 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 65762 (C2) HDA temperature 116 97 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 99 99 1023 (F1) Unknown 200 200 15903582770 (F2) Unknown 200 200 15006132694 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	56.9% Above average	Read 101 Write 97 Mixed 79 69% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.23 77% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 6,868 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	85.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 24 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 27.6 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 103%

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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	4,543x
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 $134	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