Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	91.3% 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	51.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '17 at 02:17
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 156 2-Core 310 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 620 8-Core 619 83% 619 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.3% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 129 Parallax 104 95% 116 fps	MRender 91.2 Gravity 118 Splatting 100 84% 103 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$84 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 309GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 669 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 197 (A5) Unknown 100 100 11665551 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 420 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 64 274878693411 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 171799609384 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 848 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1561 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1449 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2673 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	51.9% Above average	Read 504 Write 220 Mixed 265 72% 330 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 27.6 4K Mixed 8.1 60% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 21.8 DQ Write 25.9 DQ Mixed 32.6 22% 26.8 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 107%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0304 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 223169349 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 265 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 9482515 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -102181566936373 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 54 739508259 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9707 (C2) HDA temperature 35 46 51539607587 (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 -113369956745010 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2360266347 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2746849063 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	65% Good	Read 119 Write 107 Mixed 81.2 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 3.31 4K Mixed 0.52 170% 1.68 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 4x4GB 505 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 33.5 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 28.7 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%

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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	4,545x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	841x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	312x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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: 64% - Good

Total price: $1,023

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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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