Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	82.3% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	51.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '17 at 21:42
Run Duration	543 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 86.5 1-Core 142 2-Core 258 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 799 76% 628 Pts	64-Core 749 46% 749 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 144 Parallax 127 121% 140 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 127 Splatting 106 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hgst HTS721010A9E630 960GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 809GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 717 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 272 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3855 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 147 (C2) HDA temperature 58 39 261993922602 (F1) Unknown 100 100 210594	97% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 506 Mixed 504 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 13.9 111% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 54.5 108% 219 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 99%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3518 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 419 (B1) Unknown 91 91 41 (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 52 28 48 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 71 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20424814684	82.3% Excellent	Read 482 Write 262 Mixed 271 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 27.9 119% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 67.2 98% 188 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 123%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 6TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 41.4 Write 39.6 Mixed 35.3 29% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.41 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.69 228% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 94%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A302 500GB 428 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 59GB free Firmware: PB4AC60Y Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 524323 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 143 143 90194313218 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3222 (05) Reallocated sector count 73 73 1621 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 7158 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1930 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1352914698240 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 279173136418 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 127456 (C2) HDA temperature 137 137 236224053288 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 73 73 1655 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 98 98 4294968028	15.3% Very poor	Read 0.81 Write 52.3 Mixed 67.8 32% 40.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.21 52% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 48%
Generic Flash Disk 32GB 9,471 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 25GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	3.66% Terrible	Read 12 Write 4.15 Mixed 4.37 7% 6.83 MB/s	4K Read 4.15 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 16% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.66% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3000 C16 Series 3000 C16 Series 2800 C16 Series 2800 C16 Series 64GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2197, 2197, 2197, 2197 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.4% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 21.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 93%

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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	4,565x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16