Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	113% 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

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '16 at 07:35
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 248 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 703 69% 564 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5354 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Lighting 49.7 Reflection 46.3 Parallax 44.6 40% 46.9 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 42.5 Splatting 37.4 32% 39.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 693 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 614 (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 68 46 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 60 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6007091421	113% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 409 Mixed 414 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 47.5 174% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 103 139% 256 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 70311040 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 191 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1762504 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 135 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 152 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 98 393222 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 76 55 404160536 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 875 (C2) HDA temperature 24 45 81604378648 (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 2667174690863 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5480469651 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13984161847	109% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 185 Mixed 186 142% 188 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.26 91% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 113%
WDC WD10 JPVT-55A1YT0 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 799GB free, PID 1561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.6% Average	Read 112 Write 106 Mixed 88 129% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 2,080 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 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	76.6% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 114%

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

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,570x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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	316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $742

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16