Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 99.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '18 at 14:51
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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)	99.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 147 2-Core 294 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 820 85% 684 Pts	64-Core 822 51% 822 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 77.8 Reflection 65.1 Parallax 100 63% 81.1 fps	MRender 64.5 Gravity 63 Splatting 83.5 59% 70.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS250G32TND-N1A2A 250GB 5,131 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th 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 99 99 1529 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1082 (64) Unknown 100 100 4838141 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 95 95 54 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 35 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 20 (B2) Unknown 100 100 118 (B3) Unknown 100 100 349 (B4) Unknown 100 100 6531 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 0 55837327389 (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 40 210 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5230 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6569 (F2) Unknown 100 100 30822 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 914834	93% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 334 Mixed 356 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 25.7 129% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 25.2 94% 211 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 106%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 135 135 21503410591 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1478 (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 1538 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1082 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1478 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1478 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 171799609376 (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	96.6% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 170 Mixed 159 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.22 89% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 462GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 168 2133 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2630 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2490 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1894 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 98 8 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 60 555417633 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 490 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3897 (C2) HDA temperature 110 103 33 (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	83.3% Excellent	Read 155 Write 135 Mixed 138 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.34 118% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 31.9 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 32 95% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

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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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
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	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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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