Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	56.6% 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	117% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 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	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '17 at 13:52
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 151 2-Core 301 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 835 87% 699 Pts	64-Core 835 52% 835 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Lighting 72.7 Reflection 68.2 Parallax 88.7 59% 76.5 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 68.3 Splatting 55.7 52% 64 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 374GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 104 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 48 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 55 193274576926 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 504809001 (F7) Unknown 100 100 15819925 (F8) Unknown 100 100 4687956 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1935 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	83.5% Excellent	Read 487 Write 345 Mixed 342 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 26.2 125% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28.8 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 38.7 55% 95.9 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 362GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1904 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1541 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 69 51 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 117 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13929522729	117% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 415 Mixed 421 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 45.3 189% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 114 138% 242 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 217GB free Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 2,040 Write 1,230 Mixed 1,425 346% 1,565 MB/s	4K Read 54.7 4K Write 204 4K Mixed 60.3 268% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 59.5 DQ Write 381 DQ Mixed 267 192% 236 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 243%
Fujitsu MHZ2320BH G2 250GB 233GB free Firmware: 2AC101C4 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 7 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 93 92 2340 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1828 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1793 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 134 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1615 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6143 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 51 210453659676 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 910 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 134 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 36401	46.7% Average	Read 79.4 Write 83.1 Mixed 69.8 58% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.35 93% 0.87 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2720 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 23.3 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 27.5 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 95%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	313x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	342x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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