Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	40.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.2% 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, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '17 at 13:50
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 265 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 715 74% 595 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.7% Average	Lighting 46.7 Reflection 55.2 Parallax 44.8 38% 48.9 fps	MRender 68.3 Gravity 46.3 Splatting 54.8 46% 56.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 33GB free Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4196 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 737 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 75 (AE) Unknown 99 99 18 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 959 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 49 20 51 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 19200 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6211 (F2) Unknown 99 99 7789	229% Outstanding	Read 1,913 Write 1,095 Mixed 1,213 310% 1,407 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 51.8 212% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 609 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 224 232% 387 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 220%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4476 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 829 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 62 49 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13662193836	82.2% Excellent	Read 466 Write 399 Mixed 392 93% 419 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 29.7 116% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 48.7 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 29.7 38% 65.4 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 134%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 518GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 167 5516 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13866 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14422 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2576 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 146 146 164842 (C2) HDA temperature 114 95 36 (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	45.2% Average	Read 80.5 Write 77 Mixed 79.1 60% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.21 73% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 345GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 167 5483 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12205 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14236 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2580 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 227 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 142 142 176740 (C2) HDA temperature 112 94 38 (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 5	56.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 94.4 Mixed 98.8 74% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.17 73% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$234 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.7% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 22.7 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 23.6 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 117%

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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 $242Bench 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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Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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