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 (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	201% 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.

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, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 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	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '17 at 02:56
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 158 2-Core 293 101% 182 Pts	4-Core 577 8-Core 838 88% 708 Pts	64-Core 854 53% 854 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% 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: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2652 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 143 Reflection 152 Parallax 125 116% 140 fps	Gravity 141 Splatting 113 110% 127 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 251GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,542 Write 1,213 Mixed 1,427 311% 1,394 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 32.9 206% 83.7 MB/s	DQ Read 50.1 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 32.4 50% 89.1 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 283%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 78GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8739 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2769 (B1) Unknown 96 96 146 (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 70 49 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 222 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18022470459	68.7% Good	Read 508 Write 307 Mixed 382 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 49.9 4K Mixed 13.1 74% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 82 DQ Mixed 12.1 53% 125 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 179348336 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4440 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 57 25811665928 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7563 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2760 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 61 50 77983055911 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 206 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4555 (C2) HDA temperature 39 50 -140737488355289 (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 112639812310827 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26455761885 (F2) Unknown 100 253 35093592805	95.4% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 149 Mixed 160 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.3 77% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 113%
WD My Passport 0740 1TB 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 627GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 82.8 Write 88.5 Mixed 65.4 101% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.19 79% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C15 2x16GB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 29.3 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 40.4 SC Mixed 28.5 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 116%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	4,555x
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 $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 $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