Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	140% 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	292% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '18 at 04:45
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 784 80% 646 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3605) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2992 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Lighting 199 Reflection 208 Parallax 194 162% 201 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 194 Splatting 136 126% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	292% Outstanding	Read 2,616 Write 1,773 Mixed 1,789 456% 2,059 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 36.7 201% 78.5 MB/s	DQ Read 446 DQ Write 466 DQ Mixed 230 235% 381 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 292% Great: 353%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 33252840 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1376 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 35777018 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11683 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 257 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 56 538443803 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8460 (C2) HDA temperature 27 44 42949672987 (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 50401441229247 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29497892746 (F2) Unknown 100 253 573219371424	87% Excellent	Read 134 Write 168 Mixed 126 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 4.95 4K Mixed 0.62 187% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 94%
WD My Book Duo 0A10 4TB 512 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3.5TB free, PID 0a10 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	62% Good	Read 181 Write 156 Mixed 148 203% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.12 24% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 1x16GB 1,330 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 15.4 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 19.4 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 58%

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

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,606x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	605x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,001x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	899x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	319x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	351x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	258x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $707

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16