Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	138% 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	145% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '17 at 19:20
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 144 2-Core 289 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 798 83% 668 Pts	64-Core 799 50% 799 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 198 Reflection 215 Parallax 208 161% 207 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 188 Splatting 133 123% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1,440 User benchmarks, average bench 147% 352GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 1,444 Write 539 Mixed 756 200% 913 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 22.5 169% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 35.7 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 166 115% 137 MB/s
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 175%
HFS250G32TND-N1A2A 250GB 5,131 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 233GB free Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6144 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1293 (64) Unknown 100 100 5506907 (A8) Unknown 100 98 9 (A9) Unknown 92 92 88 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 192 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 20 (B2) Unknown 100 100 33 (B3) Unknown 100 100 224 (B4) Unknown 100 100 6656 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 0 73017655326 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 87 0 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5012 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6163 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12980 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 273420	56.7% Above average	Read 502 Write 321 Mixed 343 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 3.73 4K Mixed 5.34 61% 14.6 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 106%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 90GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 71270687320417 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3686 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 936 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 49 12888113182 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 12888113182 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 68719476737 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7211 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5811 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5811 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16506	49.7% Average	Read 167 Write 154 Mixed 116 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 10.4 96% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 43.6 61% 112 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 20.6 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 23.1 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 80%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,543x
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 $499Bench 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 $130Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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