Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	96.2% 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, 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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '18 at 13:23
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 552 74% 555 Pts	64-Core 561 35% 561 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 152 Parallax 128 109% 138 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 134 Splatting 112 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 260GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11350 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1079 (B1) Unknown 98 98 31 (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 72 55 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 46 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24727235653	96.2% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 406 Mixed 416 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 29.5 160% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 47.7 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 114 77% 91.5 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 134%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 168GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13948 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1367 (AB) Unknown 100 100 80444240 (AE) Unknown 100 100 51 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 41 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2114 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12083 (F9) Unknown 100 100 94602744	94.2% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 414 Mixed 428 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 16.6 127% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 50.8 112% 228 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 101%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 695GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 68 9278 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4858 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25196 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2790 (BF) G-sense error rate 97 97 30723 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 51 210453856280 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2206 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5051	78.1% Very good	Read 129 Write 143 Mixed 107 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 3.38 4K Mixed 0.4 142% 1.54 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,376 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 39.8 MC Write 42.4 MC Mixed 36.6 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 44.5 SC Mixed 32.2 95% 33.2 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 111%

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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	4,545x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	841x
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 $485Bench 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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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