Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	76% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '17 at 16:27
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 145 2-Core 302 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 597 8-Core 596 80% 596 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 137 Parallax 122 112% 132 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 129 Splatting 103 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron XT SSD 500GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 154GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2548 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31739 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1300 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 809 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1738 (C2) HDA temperature 116 92 27 (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	10.5% Very poor	Read 97.2 Write 97.8 Mixed 95 22% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.22 2% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 127%
Hitachi HDS721050DLE630 240GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 52GB free Firmware: SAFC01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 493 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7110 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 398 (A2) Unknown 0 0 2117418877506 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 134617475 (AE) Unknown 100 100 199 (B5) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 199 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128849018910 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 493 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 32 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1225 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3536	49.7% Average	Read 525 Write 201 Mixed 400 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 3.69 4K Mixed 3.3 61% 14.3 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 101%
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.40 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 14450017 (05) Reallocated sector count 95 95 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 136485470750439 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 986 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 663 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 51 68722819104 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14450017 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14450017 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14450017 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24832 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11152 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11152 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9008	76% Very good	Read 495 Write 193 Mixed 212 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 21 124% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 58.6 80% 144 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 86%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 194 3141 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 34 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1922 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 13 (C2) HDA temperature 119 102 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	84.9% Excellent	Read 144 Write 151 Mixed 162 116% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.95 4K Mixed 0.52 152% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 112%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$50 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 166GB free Firmware: MS1OA650 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 90 (03) Spinup time 116 116 17192779975 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6926 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 31559 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1296 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 13277 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 13277 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 214748823580 (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 14147	52.5% Above average	Read 89.4 Write 93.5 Mixed 104 72% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.18 72% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 105%

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 2133 MHz clocked @ 3066 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 41.8 MC Mixed 35.4 110% 38.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 40 SC Mixed 31.3 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 104%

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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	4,559x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	314x
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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Total price: $953

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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