Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '17 at 17:03
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	10%

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-$170 588,978 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)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 265 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 764 78% 632 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1342 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.8% Very good	Lighting 94.3 Reflection 96.6 Parallax 86.9 77% 92.6 fps	MRender 84.2 Gravity 85.3 Splatting 80.2 68% 83.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC480G1SA754D117-499 480GB 219 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 430GB free Firmware: N1114B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th 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 3619 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1390 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 81 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3739 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 101 (E7) Temperature 100 100 31 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7066 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9325	75.3% Very good	Read 511 Write 422 Mixed 455 103% 463 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 41.4 4K Mixed 24.2 83% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 77.5 DQ Write 73 DQ Mixed 37 38% 62.5 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 104%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 220GB free Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 2,414 Write 1,885 Mixed 1,854 456% 2,051 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 45.7 4K Mixed 31.8 108% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 84.7 DQ Write 73.5 DQ Mixed 46 44% 68.1 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 353%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 10777694 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 22222160802579 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2144 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1326 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 370 (BD) vendor-specific 27 66 4325403 (C2) HDA temperature 27 66 4325403 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10777694 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10777694 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10777694 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24269 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15733 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15733 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14817	57.2% Above average	Read 495 Write 187 Mixed 221 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 43.9 4K Mixed 15 76% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 84.1 DQ Write 69.9 DQ Mixed 41.3 41% 65.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 921GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 167850960 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4675 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 50808252 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12738 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2148 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 460066193438 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 158 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 48 48 105905 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 -140737488355298 (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 45333379816150 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17998115172 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20914235522	114% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 194 Mixed 176 143% 191 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.36 106% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB-$83 1,785 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 44.1 MC Mixed 31 111% 38.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 43.7 SC Mixed 30.8 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 48.5 82% 48.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 123%

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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	4,607x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	606x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,001x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	899x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	477x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	319x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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	258x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $689

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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