Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.85% 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.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '17 at 03:26
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (52^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 269 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 748 79% 634 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.1% 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 Ver. 21.20.16.4542 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.85% Terrible	Lighting 8.87 Reflection 10.9 Parallax 7.75 7% 9.18 fps	MRender 7.81 Gravity 6.83 Splatting 16.3 9% 10.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.85% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 585 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 244 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3491867984775 (A6) Unknown 100 100 9 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 52 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 29 304942678042 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1292794200365 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2323 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8458 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4831 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4134 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0
Poor: 35% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 880GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 59670816 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1159 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4623186157 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4357 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1063 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 606076961 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 182 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6389 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 42949672993 (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 -74466142973849 (F1) Unknown 100 253 72969159929 (F2) Unknown 100 253 560518038996	80.1% Excellent	Read 146 Write 133 Mixed 126 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 112%
WD Elements 10B8 1.5TB 2,049 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1TB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 40.2 Mixed 32.2 47% 37.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.19 68% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/8G KHX2133C14D4/8G 16GB 106 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.8% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 11.7 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 15 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 87%

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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	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	313x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	345x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16