Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	261% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '18 at 00:39
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 (92^nd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 144 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 784 73% 609 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2,281 Write 1,364 Mixed 1,239 359% 1,628 MB/s	4K Read 57.4 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 49.3 218% 78.3 MB/s	DQ Read 553 DQ Write 375 DQ Mixed 169 206% 366 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 254%
Toshiba Q300 240GB-$85 5,005 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 208GB free Firmware: SAFM11.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1641 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 493 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 128 (C2) HDA temperature 68 46 231929348128	54.9% Above average	Read 492 Write 168 Mixed 196 62% 286 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 5.96 78% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 36.6 39% 61 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 93%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 110GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4399 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 950 (B1) Unknown 99 99 54 (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 73 49 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 95 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8225747286	115% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 499 Mixed 490 113% 506 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 37.1 162% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 141 155% 260 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 119%
Transcend SSD370S 512GB-$209 3,350 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 99GB free Firmware: P0614D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^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 100 100 104 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 471 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 40 (A3) Unknown 100 100 29 (A4) Unknown 100 100 9957 (A5) Unknown 100 100 44 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 9 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 17652 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 106083 (F2) Unknown 100 100 86352 (F5) Unknown 100 100 159312	103% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 421 Mixed 463 104% 469 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 36.5 146% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 69.9 109% 205 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 111%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 77GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4469 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 985 (B1) Unknown 98 98 8 (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 72 37 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 6 (EB) Unknown 99 99 195 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7501742611	86.4% Excellent	Read 489 Write 272 Mixed 276 76% 345 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 28.2 132% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 69 99% 187 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 123%
SanDisk Cruzer Force 32GB 4,096 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 23GB free, PID 557d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 23.2 15% 23.2 MB/s
Poor: 5% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 29.6 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 28.8 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 118%

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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	4,555x
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	991x
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	441x
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	346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 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