Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '17 at 13:17
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 142 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 571 8-Core 572 76% 571 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2507 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 143 Parallax 135 113% 139 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 131 Splatting 105 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron XT SSD 500GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 154GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2556 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31873 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1308 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 815 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1740 (C2) HDA temperature 108 92 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	10.7% Very poor	Read 101 Write 98.2 Mixed 93.3 22% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.24 2% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 127%
Hitachi HDS721050DLE630 240GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 54GB free Firmware: SAFC01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 126 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 493 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7243 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 408 (A2) Unknown 0 0 2117418877506 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 134945168 (AE) Unknown 100 100 203 (B5) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 126 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 203 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128849018910 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 493 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 32 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1249 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4579	57.5% Above average	Read 528 Write 330 Mixed 384 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 3.02 4K Mixed 2.33 60% 14 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 101%
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.40 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 63889487 (05) Reallocated sector count 95 95 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 72413148628844 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 997 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 672 (B1) Unknown 0 0 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 51 68722819108 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 63889487 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 63889487 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 63889487 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25086 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11233 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11233 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9124	81.9% Excellent	Read 498 Write 225 Mixed 258 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 17.4 134% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 14.1 68% 154 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 86%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 207 194 2616 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 42 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2050 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 15 (C2) HDA temperature 110 102 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	84.6% Excellent	Read 145 Write 149 Mixed 159 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.45 143% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 112%
WD Elements 1042 500GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 148GB free Firmware: 1016 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 175 1925 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7244 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24709 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 571 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 30683 (C2) HDA temperature 112 89 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	46.4% Average	Read 76.1 Write 85.3 Mixed 71 58% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.15 69% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 46%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$50 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 153GB free Firmware: MS1OA650 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 90 (03) Spinup time 115 115 17192911046 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6934 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 31692 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1304 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 13547 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 13547 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 214748823587 (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 14147	58.7% Above average	Read 110 Write 94.6 Mixed 103 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.16 68% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 34.7 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 42.4 SC Mixed 32.7 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 104%

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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	4,560x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

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	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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