Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.56% 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	224% 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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '16 at 07:18
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 802 80% 654 Pts	64-Core 815 50% 815 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.7% 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. 20.19.15.4463 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.56% Terrible	Lighting 8 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.03 6% 9.27 fps	MRender 9.48 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 16.5 10% 11 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.56% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 2,248 Write 1,017 Mixed 1,258 331% 1,507 MB/s	4K Read 50.7 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 41.7 206% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 50.9 DQ Write 448 DQ Mixed 234 185% 244 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 236%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 132 132 34388181429 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 64 (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 32 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 72 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 180390002729 (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	109% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 187 Mixed 172 138% 184 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.21 105% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 131 131 34388378037 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 58 (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 32 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 65 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 184685035562 (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	91.8% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 159 Mixed 152 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.16 87% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 108%
TOSHIBA TransMemory-Mx 64GB 308 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 52GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 45.2 Write 25.3 Mixed 28.4 39% 33 MB/s	4K Read 5.51 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.55 82% 2.44 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 25.6 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 25.4 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 101%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,566x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $796

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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16