Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.3% 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	49.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	41.4 GB free of 48 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '16 at 22:16
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	85%

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 i5-6600K-$64 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 145 2-Core 286 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 516 67% 505 Pts	64-Core 551 34% 551 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6175 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 121 Parallax 108 90% 113 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 100 Splatting 92.5 79% 96.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Fm-25s3- 240GBP3 240GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: GS50 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 112 62213061 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 133985799786460 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 836 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 307 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 62213061 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 62213061 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 62213061 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 41608 (EA) Unknown 0 0 37887 (F1) Unknown 0 0 37887 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14878	49.7% Average	Read 185 Write 165 Mixed 145 37% 165 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 9.95 103% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 20.7 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 9.19 25% 50.1 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 54%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1TB free Firmware: JC45 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 120 Write 102 Mixed 115 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.47 105% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 68%
WD WD7501AALS-00J7B 750GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 358GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 238 222 8066 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8117 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 41632 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3565 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1053 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8082 (C2) HDA temperature 115 99 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.4% Above average	Read 115 Write 88.1 Mixed 82.5 71% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.23 97% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C14-16GTZ F4-3200C16-8GTZ F4-3200C14-16GTZ F4-3200C16-8GTZ 48GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	108% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 42.2 MC Mixed 36.3 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 42.4 SC Mixed 31.5 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

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Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,199 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,613x
Core i5-6600KIntel $64Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	606x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,001x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	901x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	477x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	444x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	320x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	182x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	351x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	259x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $704

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16