Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	134% 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	178% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '17 at 10:30
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 249 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 730 72% 590 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 209 Parallax 186 153% 194 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 185 Splatting 133 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 130GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 119 100 887 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 831 (A6) Unknown 100 100 48 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 99 (A9) Unknown 100 100 20 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 86 (AE) Unknown 100 100 115 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 100 240518168621 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 7 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 17756 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5058 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5233	86.3% Excellent	Read 504 Write 370 Mixed 416 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 4.35 119% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 26.8 84% 178 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 86%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,410 Write 655 Mixed 874 216% 980 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 50.9 216% 82.9 MB/s	DQ Read 570 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 180 178% 298 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 243%
Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 3TB-$71 11,382 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2.5TB free Firmware: MKAOA8P0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 83 (03) Spinup time 151 151 51571393051 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2325 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9173 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 659 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5201 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5201 (C2) HDA temperature 120 120 240519217202 (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	98.8% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 154 Mixed 139 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.58 116% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 87%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 564GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 177 5641 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1044 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14250 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 914 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 184 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 103 103 292994 (C2) HDA temperature 109 102 41 (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 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.2% Good	Read 113 Write 121 Mixed 113 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.25 91% 1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR 32GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 25.2 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 33.5 SC Mixed 25.7 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 82%

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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	4,558x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	314x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $953

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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