Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	27.5% 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	243% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '18 at 00:14
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 250 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 701 73% 584 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.93 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.5% Poor	Lighting 31 Reflection 36 Parallax 28.8 25% 31.9 fps	MRender 44.2 Gravity 31.3 Splatting 40.6 32% 38.7 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,703 Write 1,042 Mixed 1,229 362% 1,658 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 39.2 191% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 408 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 137 154% 266 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 236%
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 41GB free Firmware: 507ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4574598 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 9131100484005 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1611 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 683 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 38 45 68722425894 (C2) HDA temperature 38 45 68722425894 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4574598 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4574598 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4574598 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 50 50 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20796 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18043 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18043 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16894	71% Very good	Read 511 Write 153 Mixed 218 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 18.2 116% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 44.7 68% 129 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 84%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 195GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 130 116 6458 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10864 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 13875 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5362 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1897 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 119 119 245892 (C2) HDA temperature 106 91 41 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.5% Average	Read 87.7 Write 74.4 Mixed 53.6 54% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.19 62% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 59%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 18GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 6241 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12425 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17903 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6776 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2039 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12430 (C2) HDA temperature 103 92 47 (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 200 199 223 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33.3% Below average	Read 58.3 Write 57.2 Mixed 52.1 42% 55.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.29 88% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.4% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 15.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 19 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 103%

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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	4,572x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	844x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	600x

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	472x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16