Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	221% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '18 at 13:31
Run Duration	442 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 136 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 745 73% 600 Pts	64-Core 754 47% 754 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 145 Parallax 123 109% 134 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 131 Splatting 104 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 318GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,952 Write 1,361 Mixed 1,211 334% 1,508 MB/s	4K Read 53.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 36 182% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 54.1 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 122 96% 127 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 254%
Transcend SSD370S 512GB-$209 3,350 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 115GB free Firmware: P0614D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 100 100 130 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 543 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 40 (A3) Unknown 100 100 29 (A4) Unknown 100 100 11527 (A5) Unknown 100 100 59 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 11 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 19573 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 121197 (F2) Unknown 100 100 107425 (F5) Unknown 100 100 184432	101% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 424 Mixed 436 102% 460 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 36.7 140% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 60.6 101% 195 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 111%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 94GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4850 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1022 (B1) Unknown 99 99 54 (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 75 49 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8289749329	106% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 495 Mixed 494 113% 504 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 37.3 155% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 36.2 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 119 109% 157 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 119%
Toshiba Q300 240GB-$85 5,005 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 91GB free Firmware: SAFM11.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2093 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 566 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 138 (C2) HDA temperature 74 46 231929348122	63.2% Good	Read 499 Write 216 Mixed 215 68% 310 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 50.9 4K Mixed 6.15 77% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 27.5 66% 141 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 93%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 73GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4921 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1057 (B1) Unknown 98 98 9 (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 37 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 6 (EB) Unknown 99 99 200 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7714634793	84.3% Excellent	Read 485 Write 269 Mixed 261 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 27.6 127% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 66.4 95% 180 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 123%
General USB Flash Disk 8GB 1,724 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 8003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	8.11% Terrible	Read 19.8 Write 4.67 Mixed 6.01 10% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.04 52% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 8.11% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2747 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 29.4 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 38.3 SC Mixed 29.2 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 118%

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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 $132	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