Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.2% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '17 at 00:55
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$249 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 156 2-Core 309 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 842 88% 709 Pts	64-Core 858 53% 858 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Lighting 83.2 Reflection 58.4 Parallax 107 68% 83 fps	MRender 58.3 Gravity 78.8 Splatting 74.5 58% 70.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M600_MTFDDAK128MBF 128GB 465 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^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 75 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1836 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 42 (AE) Unknown 100 100 97 (B4) Unknown 0 0 857 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 28 309238169629 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3134523478 (F7) Unknown 100 100 98189543 (F8) Unknown 100 100 95629782	89.2% Excellent	Read 520 Write 356 Mixed 198 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 24.3 131% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 16 56% 126 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 101%
Seagate ST1000DX001-SSHD-8GB 1TB 7,180 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 792GB free Firmware: CC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 218015336 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 265 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1978327 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 278 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 335 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 63 505151518 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 287 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 42949672990 (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 -61220463836839 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3560255470 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9557966177	82.4% Excellent	Read 128 Write 158 Mixed 154 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.89 4K Mixed 0.95 230% 2.21 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A5143DB0-CPB 2x4GB 2,652 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	75.2% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 21.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 23.2 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 77%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	4,604x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	604x

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	476x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	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 $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	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) $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