Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	135% 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	241% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	22.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '18 at 08:25
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 247 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 713 69% 566 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 208 Parallax 202 155% 200 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 185 Splatting 131 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 393GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17098 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1070 (B1) Unknown 95 95 86 (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 64 50 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 148 (F1) Unknown 99 99 131119218842	90.3% Outstanding	Read 381 Write 333 Mixed 328 77% 347 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 35.9 146% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 120 120% 195 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 134%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 325GB free Firmware: M3CR010 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1059 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 145 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 52 (B4) Unknown 0 0 47 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 46 231928234025 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3825487976 (F7) Unknown 100 100 61028123 (F8) Unknown 100 100 33232349	84.5% Excellent	Read 380 Write 327 Mixed 321 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 33.5 131% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 85.7 98% 169 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 125%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 1,973 Write 1,351 Mixed 1,203 334% 1,509 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 46.4 196% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 542 DQ Write 368 DQ Mixed 191 214% 367 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 254%
HGST Deskstar NAS 6TB-$250 974 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 1.5TB free Firmware: APGNT517 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 159 159 38683607427 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 986 (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 98 98 15316 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 986 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9581 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9581 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 219044380709 (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	84.3% Excellent	Read 165 Write 129 Mixed 142 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.15 4K Mixed 0.46 155% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 120%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 585GB free Firmware: 05.01A05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 180 1775 (04) Start/Stop count 1 1 113744 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17599 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2037 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 491 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 407599 (C2) HDA temperature 115 94 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 86 86 10541	56.3% Above average	Read 98.3 Write 97.9 Mixed 86.7 71% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.21 77% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 698 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 26.1 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 26.9 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 108%

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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	4,555x
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