Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	126% 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	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

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '16 at 10:29
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 748 76% 616 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36CB) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6191 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.4% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 108 Parallax 106 84% 106 fps	MRender 90.4 Gravity 93.6 Splatting 85.2 73% 89.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300 2,857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 894GB free Firmware: X212T0RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 40 100 40 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 105 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 128 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 2783 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 70 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 35 150325166107 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 414 (F1) Unknown 253 253 100 (F2) Unknown 253 253 165 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	95.2% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 494 Mixed 482 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 21 142% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 38.1 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 61.6 53% 75.7 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 114%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300 2,857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 894GB free Firmware: X212T0RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 39 100 39 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 81 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 76 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1810 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 50 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 31 133145296922 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 263 (F1) Unknown 253 253 64 (F2) Unknown 253 253 41 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	102% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 493 Mixed 478 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 31.4 159% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 38.1 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 20.8 34% 62.4 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 1,026 Write 656 Mixed 721 177% 801 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 22.1 144% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 37.9 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 21.8 32% 58.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 237%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 212 173 4358 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2689 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12749 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2524 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 212 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2535 (C2) HDA temperature 122 106 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	88.1% Excellent	Read 154 Write 153 Mixed 145 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.27 116% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 29.4 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 30.9 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 118%

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,594x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	852x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	604x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	997x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	897x
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	318x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	350x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	255x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $797

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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