Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

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, 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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '17 at 01:17
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 768 79% 638 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6288) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 156 Parallax 134 125% 148 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 146 Splatting 111 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 750GB-$310 3,724 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 604GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7082 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2498 (B1) Unknown 98 98 13 (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 66 58 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 284 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29614427109	95.4% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 344 Mixed 355 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 28.5 138% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 97.2 129% 237 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 125%
WD WD1501FASS-00U0B 1.5TB 1,224 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 841GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 198 2687 (03) Spinup time 160 155 13983 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7457 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10599 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4586 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1931 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 134 134 199047 (C2) HDA temperature 118 90 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 14 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 25 19	75.6% Very good	Read 139 Write 124 Mixed 116 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.5 136% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 82%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 248GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 200848000 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1966 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4754436 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2601 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1238 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 30065230011 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 63 471269404 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5159 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 47244640284 (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 -131052337100820 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32906665573 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10304538756	52.2% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 88.7 Mixed 89.3 68% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.13 68% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 96%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 130GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 163 4666 (04) Start/Stop count 62 62 38959 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 21 21 57919 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1053 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 104 104 290897 (C2) HDA temperature 117 90 30 (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	27.4% Poor	Read 47.8 Write 47.3 Mixed 47.4 36% 47.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.32 92% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 3,365 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 32.3 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 31.5 91% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

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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	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $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 $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 $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