Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 135% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 108% 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	131% 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	250% 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	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.

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Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '17 at 16:53
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	22%

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 i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 156 2-Core 311 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 613 8-Core 612 82% 612 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 199 Parallax 197 148% 193 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 183 Splatting 125 118% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD20EADS-00W4B0 250GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 128GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 991 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 196 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 56 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 401450206	127% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 498 Mixed 504 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 55.8 211% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 131 134% 211 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 129%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$140 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,026 Write 1,296 Mixed 1,181 331% 1,501 MB/s	4K Read 56.1 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 50.5 222% 81.2 MB/s	DQ Read 588 DQ Write 441 DQ Mixed 113 194% 381 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 254%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 498GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 19 (03) Spinup time 234 223 10275 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7585 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23173 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3597 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 465 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 111 111 268274 (C2) HDA temperature 127 98 25 (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 4	42% Average	Read 72.6 Write 73.6 Mixed 79.9 57% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.35 94% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 29.1 98% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 30.2 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 104%

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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 - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,618x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	609x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,002x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	902x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	477x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	444x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	321x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	182x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	352x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	259x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $773

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359