Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	422% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	15.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '18 at 21:35
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 561 8-Core 810 86% 685 Pts	64-Core 803 50% 803 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 157 Parallax 136 125% 149 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 146 Splatting 115 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 900P Optane NVMe PCIe 480GB-$900 1,995 User benchmarks, average bench 429% 252GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	422% Outstanding	Read 2,284 Write 1,974 Mixed 2,286 487% 2,181 MB/s	4K Read 258 4K Write 205 4K Mixed 132 669% 198 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 129 139% 231 MB/s
Poor: 280% ↑ This bench: 422% Great: 541%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 72GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10751 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1773 (B1) Unknown 98 98 68 (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 76 58 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 162 (F1) Unknown 99 99 48616090155	105% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 492 Mixed 498 112% 503 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 39.6 166% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 36.8 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 25.6 37% 65.6 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 120GB-$106 3,124 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 28GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3149648 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 46059229306916 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3174 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 682 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3149648 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3149648 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3149648 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18050 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16340 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16340 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18388	64.7% Good	Read 446 Write 136 Mixed 157 53% 246 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 11.1 118% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 53.7 62% 101 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 88%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 210951568 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3228 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 115983378 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13755 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2633 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 73 56 504561691 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 965 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 44670 (C2) HDA temperature 27 44 64424509467 (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 -74204149957883 (F1) Unknown 100 253 54293242095 (F2) Unknown 100 253 71507050301	55.1% Above average	Read 104 Write 86.4 Mixed 91.7 71% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 0.61 194% 2.21 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 32GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 159 6783 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11760 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18863 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3090 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 401 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 174 174 80031 (C2) HDA temperature 124 108 26 (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	45.7% Average	Read 77.2 Write 81.8 Mixed 88.2 62% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Avexir DDR4-2666 CL15 8GB 2x8GB 125 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 31.3 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 41 SC Mixed 30.7 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 105%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,552x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	596x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	891x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	439x
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	344x
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 $179	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