Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	11.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	114% 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	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

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '17 at 22:16
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 147 2-Core 291 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 771 80% 641 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	11.9% Very poor	Lighting 8 Reflection 9.23 Parallax 7.66 6% 8.3 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 8.2 Splatting 10.7 22% 30.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13065 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 321 (B1) Unknown 98 98 32 (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 70 66 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 56 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32027150629	114% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 406 Mixed 415 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 48.6 178% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 120 140% 244 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 75GB free Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15277 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1636 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 67 (AF) Unknown 100 100 107374969471 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 76 404160536 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 24 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 252251 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 69 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 128 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 252251 (F2) Unknown 100 100 132296	96.6% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 284 Mixed 361 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 31.7 150% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 119 141% 247 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 353GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2390 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15840 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1654 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2332 (C2) HDA temperature 116 112 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	71.3% Very good	Read 135 Write 113 Mixed 119 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.34 131% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 30.4 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 29.2 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 119%

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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	4,554x
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	990x
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	440x
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	345x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 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