Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	71.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	286% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '16 at 05:48
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 800 82% 660 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3669) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6451 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Lighting 92.7 Reflection 89 Parallax 79.3 76% 87 fps	MRender 82.4 Gravity 79.5 Splatting 69.8 62% 77.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 819GB free Firmware: X411 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 132 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 59 (A5) Unknown 100 100 25777406037 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 40 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1145 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 79 62 266289217557 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 103081967658 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 862 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1685 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1601 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1641 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	95% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 350 Mixed 326 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 22 142% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 39 94% 199 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 107%
Crucial M550 1TB-$700 1,628 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 743GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8892 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 79 62 163209936917 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1867949533 (F7) Unknown 100 100 58552726 (F8) Unknown 100 100 61987131	120% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 488 Mixed 474 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 41.3 185% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 82.4 124% 231 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 109%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0174 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	286% Outstanding	Read 2,127 Write 943 Mixed 1,338 323% 1,469 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 357 4K Mixed 54.3 329% 153 MB/s	DQ Read 1,121 DQ Write 1,003 DQ Mixed 271 420% 798 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 286% Great: 230%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 1,595 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 41.5 MC Mixed 34.6 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 45.4 SC Mixed 33.2 98% 34.3 GB/s	Latency 47.9 84% 47.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%

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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	4,544x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
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 $109Bench 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: 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 $184	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) $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