Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	57.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	96.7% 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	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.

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Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '17 at 22:49
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 284 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 746 76% 615 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 046C) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Lighting 71.4 Reflection 62.5 Parallax 93.8 58% 75.9 fps	MRender 61.3 Gravity 60.8 Splatting 78 56% 66.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 318GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7667 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1219 (B1) Unknown 99 99 42 (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 66 58 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 132 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30460671037	96.7% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 457 Mixed 472 106% 477 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 23 138% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 21.9 66% 133 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 124%
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 120GB-$106 3,124 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 29GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 4888648 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 123832497099808 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2625 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 646 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (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 4888648 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4888648 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4888648 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17963 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16301 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16301 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18376	77.3% Very good	Read 476 Write 209 Mixed 285 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 12 110% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 446 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 59.3 114% 235 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 88%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 220GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 165414088 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2159 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 82069723 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10774 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2080 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 538378272 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 706 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 36964 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 64424509472 (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 -65541200925680 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32762026198 (F2) Unknown 100 253 44060639971	67.8% Good	Read 108 Write 127 Mixed 106 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.55 182% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 86GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 159 6825 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8378 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15788 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2544 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 371 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 63925 (C2) HDA temperature 119 108 31 (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	54.3% Above average	Read 97.6 Write 91.7 Mixed 87.8 70% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Avexir DDR4-2666 CL15 8GB 2x8GB 125 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 28.2 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 27.8 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 105%

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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