Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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	96.6% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '18 at 00:37
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 228 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 637 64% 517 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 184 Parallax 185 133% 178 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 165 Splatting 122 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 103GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9578 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2362 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (AA) Unknown 100 100 614 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5243014 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8781904 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 418 (C2) HDA temperature 68 49 219044511776 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (DA) Unknown 100 100 3 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 18792 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15160 (F2) Unknown 100 100 20596 (F4) Unknown 100 100 80 (F5) Unknown 100 100 134 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5508416	86.6% Excellent	Read 512 Write 486 Mixed 495 111% 497 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 13.7 105% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.2 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 12.7 49% 101 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 111%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 702 Write 323 Mixed 442 108% 489 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 29.1 140% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 20.7 54% 113 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 107%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100M 1TB 6,695 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 784GB free Firmware: AX1P2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1841 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3699 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 3051 (0A) Spinup retry count 173 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1127 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 14527 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206159413279 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 121 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 273 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	59.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 100 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.19 70% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 61%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 204GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 137 3916 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4236 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3708 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1441 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 215 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4020 (C2) HDA temperature 105 91 38 (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	52.9% Above average	Read 118 Write 66.7 Mixed 101 72% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.38 84% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 33.2 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 39.1 SC Mixed 28.3 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

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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