Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	128% 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	221% 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '17 at 21:57
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 582 8-Core 811 88% 696 Pts	64-Core 809 50% 809 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% 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 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 205 Parallax 195 145% 193 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 173 Splatting 125 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 60GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4158 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 897 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12900565167 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 12 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 60 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 41 176094314520 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 356499063040 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2253 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3344 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2924 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7250 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	81.2% Excellent	Read 500 Write 331 Mixed 332 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 23.1 130% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 36.6 DQ Write 89.6 DQ Mixed 14.9 25% 47 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 108%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 2,317 Write 999 Mixed 1,215 331% 1,510 MB/s	4K Read 51.1 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 32.5 204% 81.6 MB/s	DQ Read 51.7 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 33.5 66% 124 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 283%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 100 93932800 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 836 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1185783 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 897 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 166 (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 73 61 571670555 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3984 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 55834574875 (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 -43585328119603 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2234027812 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9170554918	99.8% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 167 Mixed 160 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.24 90% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 3,988 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3066 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 29.9 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 42.7 SC Mixed 30.3 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 105%

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

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,561x
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	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: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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