Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	217% 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

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 15:51
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 141 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 783 83% 665 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2565 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 156 Parallax 134 126% 148 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 144 Splatting 114 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 309GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5325 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 775 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 73 60 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2299788626	116% Outstanding	Read 530 Write 502 Mixed 514 115% 516 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 45.8 180% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 39.7 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 27.8 70% 138 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 2,072 Write 855 Mixed 1,100 294% 1,342 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 33.6 219% 89.7 MB/s	DQ Read 494 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 32.4 127% 285 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 243%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 100 12144008 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 764 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 4295250746 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5062 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 776 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 62 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1327 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 42949672991 (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 98393405791178 (F1) Unknown 100 253 470492489 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8816138488	114% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 199 Mixed 129 130% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.66 203% 2.24 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GE3000C15K4 2x8GB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 32 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 30.9 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%

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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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
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	313x
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 $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 $182	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) $30	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