Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	13.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	59.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '16 at 16:06
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 746 75% 608 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Gigabyte(1458 34FC) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6451 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Lighting 15.3 Reflection 18 Parallax 13.7 12% 15.7 fps	MRender 18 Gravity 15.9 Splatting 18 14% 17.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 3577560 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 117432995817203 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2669 (AB) Unknown 0 0 4 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 333 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 4 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3577560 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3577560 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3577560 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7035 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7051 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7051 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6902	59.8% Above average	Read 490 Write 131 Mixed 195 59% 272 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 11.9 103% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 22.3 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 11 24% 46.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 82%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 433GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 85 110298355 (03) Spinup time 96 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9278 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 59 51 1185612797781 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 32351 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5590 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 32 29786137034784 (C2) HDA temperature 32 68 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 85 54 207716171 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	41.9% Average	Read 73.3 Write 72.4 Mixed 70.3 54% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.36 94% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 43%
WD WD5000AAKS-00D2B 500GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 367GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 238 184 1058 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8873 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17426 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4998 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 557 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8873 (C2) HDA temperature 113 78 34 (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 200 200 107 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60% Above average	Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 93 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.33 108% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 280GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 36388376 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5113 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 4296552298 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10612 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3262 (B7) Unknown 65 65 35 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 85 98785820716 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 488308765 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 736 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19915 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 60129542173 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 29 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -86358907417720 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25522735165497 (F2) Unknown 100 253 349632355295	89.1% Excellent	Read 144 Write 167 Mixed 148 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.28 83% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 112%
WD WD1001FALS-00E8B 1TB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 366GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 220 1125 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11002 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21839 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5546 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 714 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10279 (C2) HDA temperature 113 86 37 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62% Good	Read 115 Write 101 Mixed 93 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.36 118% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 98GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 26901762 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12636 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 4307296887 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13248 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5125 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 8593735740 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 39 5854596169761 (C2) HDA temperature 33 61 60129542177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 14 13 26901762 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -90297392407333 (F1) Unknown 100 253 566032889 (F2) Unknown 100 253 823594866	40.6% Average	Read 72.7 Write 68.6 Mixed 63.1 51% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.54 119% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23.6 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.7 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 103%

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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	4,558x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	314x
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: 70% - Good

Total price: $953

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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