Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	134% 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	125% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '17 at 21:38
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 86.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 263 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 697 70% 571 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 210 Parallax 187 153% 195 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 185 Splatting 130 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 130GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 120 100 888 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 833 (A6) Unknown 100 100 48 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 99 (A9) Unknown 100 100 20 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 86 (AE) Unknown 100 100 116 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 100 240518168615 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 7 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 17765 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5066 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5239	84.9% Excellent	Read 501 Write 369 Mixed 418 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 4.45 113% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 27.6 86% 184 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 86%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 1,137 Write 216 Mixed 424 128% 592 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 46.6 169% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 550 DQ Write 88.9 DQ Mixed 126 142% 255 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 243%
Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 3TB-$71 11,382 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2.5TB free Firmware: MKAOA8P0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 83 (03) Spinup time 151 151 25801589275 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2327 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10064 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 661 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6713 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6713 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 249109151783 (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	97.6% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 153 Mixed 157 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.62 153% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 87%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 532GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 177 5650 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1046 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15141 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 916 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 185 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 309136 (C2) HDA temperature 118 102 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 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.5% Good	Read 117 Write 122 Mixed 111 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.16 77% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR 32GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 25.4 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.7 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 82%

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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 $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