Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.55% 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	71.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

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	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '16 at 18:04
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 148 2-Core 290 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 822 83% 672 Pts	64-Core 820 51% 820 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4285 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.55% Terrible	Lighting 7.9 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 7.88 6% 9.12 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 6.93 Splatting 15.9 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.55% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC400 256GB-$48 2,939 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 238GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 34 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 420 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 69 68 137440526367 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 23 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7872	86.3% Excellent	Read 504 Write 407 Mixed 418 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 9.37 100% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 9.89 86% 200 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 110%
Nvme PLEXTOR PX-256M8 256GB 527 User benchmarks, average bench 161% 211GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 185 Write 189 Mixed 986 104% 453 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 25.8 168% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 36.8 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 25.6 37% 65.7 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 205%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 68569957 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 155 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7150965 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1077 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 90 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 62 58 639565862 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 185 (C2) HDA temperature 38 19 81604378662 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 68569957 (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 98732708201341 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25453832282 (F2) Unknown 100 253 249779071	105% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 181 Mixed 160 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.24 93% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 835GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 78 203569682 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 21 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 90127 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 20 (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 65 59 589168675 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 21 (C2) HDA temperature 35 20 85899345955 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 20 203569682 (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 66791036420123 (F1) Unknown 100 253 199652197 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3917485	106% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 179 Mixed 149 129% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.31 101% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,376 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.8% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24.3 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 25.6 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 111%

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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	4,570x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $742

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16