Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.8% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '17 at 03:27
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 540 72% 541 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) CLim: 1573 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 117 Parallax 109 92% 113 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 104 Splatting 90.2 79% 96.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5003 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1414 (AB) Unknown 100 100 80313168 (AE) Unknown 100 100 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 97 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 97 97 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5606 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17413 (F9) Unknown 100 100 352604969	88.8% Excellent	Read 458 Write 413 Mixed 431 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 18.6 130% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27.6 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 18.4 61% 124 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 101%
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3074 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 700 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 153 153 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C2) HDA temperature 71 59 176094707741 (F1) Unknown 100 100 213727	83.3% Excellent	Read 519 Write 356 Mixed 355 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 76.5 4K Mixed 9.85 101% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 47 99% 204 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 29.5 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 30.5 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 103%

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Desktop 87%

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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	4,562x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
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 $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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $823

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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16