Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	90.2% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 14:51
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 261 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 662 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2627 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 159 Parallax 148 116% 150 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 139 Splatting 115 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 291GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3788 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 973 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 73 46 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4043527984	120% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 500 Mixed 513 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 48.8 172% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 163 170% 280 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10915 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3084 (B1) Unknown 94 94 186 (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 70 62 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33258738714	90.2% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 255 Mixed 324 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 26.8 143% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 72.5 107% 205 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 116%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0911 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 141 Write 119 Mixed 112 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 7.34 4K Mixed 0.62 233% 2.88 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 87%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 997GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 170 4441 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3112 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12401 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3090 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3066 (C2) HDA temperature 119 112 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	51.6% Above average	Read 79 Write 101 Mixed 114 74% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.17 64% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 86%
Multi-Reader -3 64GB 191 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 37GB free, PID 6368 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 83.9 Write 59 Mixed 65.6 85% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 3.79 4K Mixed 2.28 247% 5.68 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 44%
Multi-Reader -1 64GB 547 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 18GB free, PID 6368 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 91.7 Write 84.2 Mixed 79.5 108% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 10.7 4K Write 3.45 4K Mixed 2.22 233% 5.46 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.6% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.8 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.5 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 110%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,551x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	596x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	890x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	439x
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	344x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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