Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.2% 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	59% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '17 at 18:21
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 136 2-Core 258 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 692 68% 556 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.2% Above average	Lighting 62.9 Reflection 64.9 Parallax 58.6 51% 62.1 fps	MRender 69.5 Gravity 59.8 Splatting 51.4 48% 60.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 1TB-$65 6,111 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 438GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 8 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 29 304943792170 (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 2759891981 (F7) Unknown 100 100 86346998 (F8) Unknown 100 100 34517690 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8781 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	82.7% Excellent	Read 485 Write 337 Mixed 342 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 27.9 124% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.5 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 49.1 60% 99.7 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 104%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^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 3231 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 619 (64) Unknown 100 100 6397056 (65) Unknown 100 100 1112672 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 60 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 95 95 1885 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1335 (B7) Unknown 95 95 26 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 279173726243 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 95 95 5 (E9) Unknown 100 100 11509 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6138 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8908 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8028 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	59% Above average	Read 361 Write 211 Mixed 208 57% 260 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 11.3 84% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 10.2 50% 116 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 88%
Samsung S2 Portable 500GB 2,689 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 69GB free, PID 1f05 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 37.4 Write 42.7 Mixed 29.7 47% 36.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.37 74% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CRC Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G M378A1K43CB2-CRC Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G 32GB 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.9% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.2 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 16.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns

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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	4,565x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $803

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16