Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	30.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	141% 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 (12%). 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, 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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151001
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '16 at 21:01
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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)	100% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 147 2-Core 292 99% 178 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 811 85% 683 Pts	64-Core 816 50% 816 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.8% Below average	Lighting 3.93 Reflection 4.54 Parallax 103 3% 37.2 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 102 Splatting 105 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 931GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 372 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 184 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 74 53 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 33 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1510566224	98.6% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 401 Mixed 423 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 24.4 141% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 141 146% 239 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 133%
OCZ RevoDrive 350 PCIe 480GB-$396 526 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 405GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.50 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 44440069 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 103328323207187 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 7 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 41 51 90197655593 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 44440069 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 44440069 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 44440069 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 94 (EA) Unknown 0 0 92 (F1) Unknown 0 0 92 (F2) Unknown 0 0 88	141% Outstanding	Read 1,347 Write 834 Mixed 1,054 239% 1,079 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 15.2 118% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 31.4 DQ Write 83.8 DQ Mixed 14.7 24% 43.3 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 172%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 58GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 245 Write 181 Mixed 187 251% 204 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 9.7 4K Mixed 3.44 486% 7.87 MB/s	DQ Read 11.4 DQ Write 9.47 DQ Mixed 3.7 490% 8.19 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 1,092 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 31.9 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 42.9 SC Mixed 34.2 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 117%

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Gaming 86%

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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