Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	158% 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '17 at 01:27
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 152 2-Core 303 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 600 8-Core 843 91% 722 Pts	64-Core 842 52% 842 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.9.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 81.2 Reflection 56.6 Parallax 103 66% 80.2 fps	MRender 57.6 Gravity 77.7 Splatting 73.9 58% 69.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 952 Write 891 Mixed 904 204% 916 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 36.8 158% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 544 DQ Mixed 104 164% 302 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 332%
Crucial M550 128GB-$40 2,673 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 75GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^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 13525 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 706 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 122 (AE) Unknown 100 100 434 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 46 231929217056 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4822518765 (F7) Unknown 100 100 151233943 (F8) Unknown 100 100 902525	104% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 345 Mixed 407 94% 426 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 35.4 154% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 72.2 129% 255 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 899GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 26.1 Write 185 Mixed 106 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 3.68 4K Mixed 0.72 168% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 184%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 376GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 183 1550 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4237 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6007 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1286 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 314 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 300 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 64686 (C2) HDA temperature 116 97 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 99 99 1020 (F1) Unknown 200 200 15881708034 (F2) Unknown 200 200 14966123847 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	53.3% Above average	Read 93.4 Write 92.1 Mixed 83.2 67% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.24 79% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 6,868 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2963 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 27.2 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 30.9 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 103%

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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	4,552x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	596x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	891x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	439x
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	344x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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