Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	103% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '17 at 06:19
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 238 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 670 72% 571 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% XFX(1682 9390) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Lighting 61.9 Reflection 58 Parallax 75.8 50% 65.2 fps	MRender 58.2 Gravity 51.8 Splatting 74.3 52% 61.4 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD5000AAKX-00ERMA0 240GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 71GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6795 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1282 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (AA) Unknown 100 100 614 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4587643 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8060998 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 278 (C2) HDA temperature 66 51 210454708258 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (DA) Unknown 100 100 3 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 16210 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12663 (F2) Unknown 100 100 16657 (F4) Unknown 100 100 70 (F5) Unknown 100 100 123 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4818368	90.5% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 493 Mixed 503 113% 506 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 13.5 115% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 31 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 12.8 51% 105 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 90%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 708 Write 304 Mixed 423 105% 478 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 36.3 160% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 41 66% 124 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100M 1TB 6,695 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 865GB free Firmware: AX1P2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1457 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 391 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 340 (0A) Spinup retry count 107 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 86 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1797 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206160003106 (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 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 28 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 267 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	62.5% Good	Read 111 Write 107 Mixed 101 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.2 74% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 61%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 229GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 138 3933 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 888 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 893 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 399 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 775 (C2) HDA temperature 103 92 40 (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	45.8% Average	Read 77.2 Write 82.4 Mixed 85.5 62% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.29 82% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2187 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.4% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 21 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 23.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 91%

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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	4,563x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

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 $48Bench 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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $828

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16