Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	50.6% 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	83.1% 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

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '17 at 06:59
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th 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)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 229 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 670 72% 570 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.7% 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)	50.6% Above average	Lighting 62.2 Reflection 58 Parallax 72.2 51% 64.1 fps	MRender 57 Gravity 51 Splatting 72.2 50% 60.1 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50.6% 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 1286 (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 100 100 280 (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 16218 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12670 (F2) Unknown 100 100 16662 (F4) Unknown 100 100 70 (F5) Unknown 100 100 123 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4820800	90.6% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 491 Mixed 504 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 12.9 91% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 13.8 90% 208 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 90.6% 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 below expectations (32^nd percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 711 Write 304 Mixed 405 104% 473 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 21.6 111% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 32.9 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 50.1 45% 65.8 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.1% 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 1456 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 394 (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 89 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1817 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206160003105 (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 100 100 265 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	62.4% Good	Read 110 Write 108 Mixed 101 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.21 70% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 61%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 229GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 138 3983 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 891 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 894 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 402 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 777 (C2) HDA temperature 104 92 39 (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	45.2% Average	Read 76.7 Write 80.9 Mixed 74.8 58% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.3 76% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 45.2% 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 @ 2448 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 23.2 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 25.2 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.3% 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	4,590x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	851x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	604x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	896x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	318x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	349x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	255x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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