Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	May 12 '18 at 17:10
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 154 2-Core 308 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 778 82% 658 Pts	64-Core 831 51% 831 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 8C94) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 74.6 Reflection 79.2 Parallax 68.1 61% 74 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 69.6 Splatting 73 59% 71.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 763GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6316 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 443 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 60 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4518854813	94.6% Outstanding	Read 381 Write 334 Mixed 328 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 38.7 160% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 134 127% 200 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12671 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1026 (B1) Unknown 94 94 108 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 70 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28172241652	105% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 412 Mixed 414 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 27.6 164% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 27.2 84% 180 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 810GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 215884168 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2196 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 63511440 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9422 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 677 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 59 555155488 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 56 56 88667 (C2) HDA temperature 32 41 47244640288 (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 139040976277109 (F1) Unknown 100 253 35419125449 (F2) Unknown 100 253 374276738888	76.5% Very good	Read 140 Write 127 Mixed 120 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.15 66% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x16GB 4,083 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 24.3 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 22.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 85%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	991x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	441x
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	346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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