Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	257% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '16 at 07:40
Run Duration	360 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 273 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 806 79% 648 Pts	64-Core 808 50% 808 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Nvidia(10DE 1132) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 131 Parallax 125 99% 126 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 112 Splatting 99.3 85% 104 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 311GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0171 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 1,829 Write 941 Mixed 1,291 299% 1,354 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 274 4K Mixed 43.9 268% 121 MB/s	DQ Read 1,156 DQ Write 1,030 DQ Mixed 278 432% 821 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 230%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$69 12,601 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 281GB free Firmware: 300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	285% Outstanding	Read 2,025 Write 1,427 Mixed 1,511 367% 1,654 MB/s	4K Read 55 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 69.3 269% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,184 DQ Write 392 DQ Mixed 253 327% 610 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 285% Great: 262%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 136 Write 104 Mixed 112 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 4.39 4K Mixed 0.58 188% 1.99 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 87%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 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 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 132 132 25788612894 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 411 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1601 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 411 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 421 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 421 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 150324641823 (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 200 200 0	107% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 176 Mixed 160 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.2 94% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%
BUFFALO External HDD 1TB 583 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 609GB free, PID 0105 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	22.5% Poor	Read 45.1 Write 43 Mixed 43.7 56% 43.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.49 91% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 23%
Verbatim Store'n'Go Mini 2GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 1200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	5.03% Terrible	Read 12.8 Write 5.7 Mixed 5.44 9% 7.99 MB/s	4K Read 7.61 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.04 31% 2.56 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.03% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 734 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 32.6 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 33.1 92% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 132%

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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 $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