Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 99.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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	199% 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, 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, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '17 at 20:39
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 284 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 796 85% 677 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.6% 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 36FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 146 Parallax 133 120% 142 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 137 Splatting 106 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 2,082 Write 889 Mixed 1,110 298% 1,360 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 29.2 197% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 51.6 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 29.5 46% 84.6 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 243%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 38GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8166 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1973 (B1) Unknown 96 96 46 (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 67 55 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 143 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26120982673	96.3% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 353 Mixed 355 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 24.3 140% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 21.9 91% 207 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 118%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 159 6875 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2358 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10694 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 992 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 132 132 204992 (C2) HDA temperature 118 107 32 (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 1	68.8% Good	Read 115 Write 125 Mixed 113 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.24 86% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 67%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 249GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 135 4108 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7779 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15100 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3914 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 219 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7559 (C2) HDA temperature 111 100 32 (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	61.2% Good	Read 109 Write 104 Mixed 65.2 69% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 28.3 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 28.6 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 97%

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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