Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	35.1% 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	168% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 16:13
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 249 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 505 67% 504 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3965) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.1% Below average	Lighting 46.1 Reflection 42.7 Parallax 38.4 38% 42.4 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 38.7 Splatting 34.3 30% 37.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 1,786 Write 997 Mixed 1,076 284% 1,286 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 49.7 4K Mixed 25.5 107% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 53.4 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 68.5 56% 78.1 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 236%
Crucial BX300 240GB-$43 7,269 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 105GB free Firmware: M2CR010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^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 100 100 282 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B4) Unknown 100 100 54 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 29 (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 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 607456868 (F7) Unknown 100 100 5003308 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2916905	80.7% Excellent	Read 506 Write 394 Mixed 420 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 20.7 114% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 95.9 DQ Mixed 20.8 28% 49.8 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 211350448 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1422 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 111125488 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7732 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1340 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65545 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 60 420675609 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 321 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16566 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 73014444057 (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 88433376632901 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12789560493 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21264131396	86.2% Excellent	Read 112 Write 187 Mixed 145 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 5.34 4K Mixed 0.79 220% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 108%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 466GB free Firmware: GG2OA6C0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 234 234 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 19096 (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 93 93 3488 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2142 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 135 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 61395 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 163209674771 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	62.3% Good	Read 107 Write 111 Mixed 102 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.16 66% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 29.1 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 36.9 SC Mixed 29.9 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 105%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
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	345x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $273	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 $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16