Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.8% 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	69.6% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160302
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '17 at 18:06
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 499 63% 479 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.5% 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: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 116 Parallax 105 92% 111 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 102 Splatting 92.3 79% 97 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 188GB free Firmware: 0C4005T2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 195 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1702 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 273 (64) Unknown 100 100 778048 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 34 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 11 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 43 100 261993922603 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 195 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 41 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 195 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2517 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2142 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3068 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 3600	147% Outstanding	Read 1,238 Write 774 Mixed 852 211% 955 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 20.2 146% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 40.1 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 20.1 67% 135 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 159%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 255 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 23 (A3) Unknown 100 100 277 (94) Unknown 100 100 9132 (95) Unknown 100 100 153 (96) Unknown 100 100 15 (97) Unknown 100 100 123 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2431 (A5) Unknown 100 100 13 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36434830557210 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13136 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8739 (F5) Unknown 100 100 14358 (F6) Unknown 100 100 18264 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	69.6% Good	Read 492 Write 261 Mixed 274 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 14.9 102% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 33 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 14.9 38% 74.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 91%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 112GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 3922715 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 110561048148348 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2849 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 854 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 57 47248375838 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3922715 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3922715 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3922715 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7682 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6040 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6040 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18268	71.3% Very good	Read 510 Write 151 Mixed 208 63% 290 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 14.4 134% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 34.3 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 45.7 46% 69.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$89 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 96 105398101 (03) Spinup time 100 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3839 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 104882433 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14828 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3584 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 387 (BC) Unknown 100 96 197571706929 (BD) vendor-specific 70 70 30 (BE) vendor-specific 67 45 554893345 (C2) HDA temperature 33 55 55834574881 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 25 105398101 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 9 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 9 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -13305808668304 (F1) Unknown 100 253 36119239 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1243332785	61.3% Good	Read 94.5 Write 119 Mixed 96.2 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.42 98% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 70%
WD 10EADS External 1TB 3,369 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 201GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 12% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$110 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25.7 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.6 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 105%

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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 $124	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