Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	53.3% 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	171% 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '18 at 08:14
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 152 2-Core 306 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 838 84% 682 Pts	64-Core 839 52% 839 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8509) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1615 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 359.6 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Lighting 66.1 Reflection 77.5 Parallax 62.1 54% 68.6 fps	MRender 76.4 Gravity 55.9 Splatting 61 52% 64.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 120GB-$130 2,462 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 111GB free Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6115 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2281 (A6) Unknown 100 100 24 (A7) Unknown 100 100 16 (A8) Unknown 100 100 184 (A9) Unknown 100 100 117 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 89 (AE) Unknown 100 100 414 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 130 558346666008 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 608 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 11531 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4630 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5916 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	68% Good	Read 245 Write 253 Mixed 250 56% 249 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 78.4 4K Mixed 23.5 116% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 57.7 79% 144 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 101%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,282 Write 638 Mixed 844 203% 921 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 47.5 206% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 622 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 160 184% 327 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 243%
Hitachi HDS721075KLA330 750GB-$99 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 494GB free Firmware: GK8OAB0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 109 109 55878877784 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6789 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17325 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5939 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12819 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12819 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 249108693030 (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 200 200 0	43.6% Average	Read 73.2 Write 78.5 Mixed 82.9 59% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.49 122% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 47%
Hitachi HTS541680J9SA00 80GB-$76 1,745 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 74GB free Firmware: SB2OC70P Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 12884901888 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 6085 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 22146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 5997 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 261 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 995424 (C2) HDA temperature 183 183 219043725342 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 238 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	26% Poor	Read 45.1 Write 45.2 Mixed 44.8 34% 45 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.24 67% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 31.4 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 30.8 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

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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	4,567x
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 $94Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $746

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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16