Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '17 at 18:58
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 239 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 473 62% 467 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 114 Parallax 102 91% 109 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 102 Splatting 94.4 80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 128GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2915 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 250 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 65 50 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1518086305	109% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 379 Mixed 417 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 47.5 175% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 132 136% 223 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 89 89 93545339 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 -100725572998012 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2261 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 52 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 57 42953408547 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 93545339 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 93545339 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 93545339 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 36989 (EA) Unknown 0 0 34794 (F1) Unknown 0 0 34794 (F2) Unknown 0 0 39980	67.4% Good	Read 464 Write 127 Mixed 185 56% 259 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 18.1 121% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 46.5 60% 108 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 83%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 430GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 55 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 89 3451 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3480 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15771 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 90 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1482 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 201863987228 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 257 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 90 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 246146	45.2% Average	Read 73.2 Write 84.4 Mixed 85 61% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.21 64% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 33.5 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 28.8 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%

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Gaming 86%

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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	4,567x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	316x
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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $746

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) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16