Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 77% Battleship


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88% 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	122% 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

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 28 '17 at 22:49
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 145 2-Core 289 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 810 85% 681 Pts	64-Core 813 50% 813 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 854F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 123 Parallax 120 93% 119 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 104 Splatting 87.5 78% 96.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 256GB-$240 2,095 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 210GB free Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 74 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3005 (AB) Unknown 7 7 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 2066 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2147 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 96 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 97 (F9) Unknown 100 100 172052940	118% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 507 Mixed 510 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 40.6 164% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 128 159% 281 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 111%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1129 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 912 (B1) Unknown 99 99 28 (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 56 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 25 (EB) Unknown 99 99 223 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12835745364	122% Outstanding	Read 533 Write 477 Mixed 506 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 48.2 182% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 169 180% 297 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 49GB free Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 2,303 Write 1,412 Mixed 1,539 387% 1,751 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 62.2 239% 90.1 MB/s	DQ Read 985 DQ Write 409 DQ Mixed 248 302% 547 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 282% Great: 283%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 925GB free Firmware: 1A01 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 175 173 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2083 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1124 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 874 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 264 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1818 (C2) HDA temperature 116 108 27 (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	109% Outstanding	Read 213 Write 166 Mixed 157 134% 179 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 0.38 146% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 2,543 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 23.8 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 24.8 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 116%

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Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,095 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

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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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
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	342x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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