Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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	53.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	21.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160302
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '16 at 00:01
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 142 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 518 70% 522 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8594) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 150 Parallax 151 126% 152 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 137 Splatting 106 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Fm-25s3- 240GBP3 240GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: GS50 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 115 104733087 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -139637976702250 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 917 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 372 (B1) Unknown 0 0 13 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 104733087 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 104733087 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 104733087 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 52028 (EA) Unknown 0 0 46967 (F1) Unknown 0 0 46967 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18201	53.8% Above average	Read 194 Write 162 Mixed 122 35% 159 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 11.4 118% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 9.11 24% 48.9 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 54%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 613GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 182 1883 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1001 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 129 (C2) HDA temperature 113 107 30 (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	72.4% Very good	Read 172 Write 81.1 Mixed 128 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.12 67% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1TB free Firmware: JC45 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 109 Write 95.6 Mixed 97.4 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.37 73% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB 4,021 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 34.6 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 30.3 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 136%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,600x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	604x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	998x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	899x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	319x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	351x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	256x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $707

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16