Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	77.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.1% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '16 at 07:32
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 814 86% 687 Pts	64-Core 814 50% 814 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Zotac(19DA 2368) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 96.5 Parallax 94.4 82% 97 fps	MRender 91.5 Gravity 85.5 Splatting 76.8 68% 84.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11357 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3422 (B1) Unknown 89 89 128 (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 69 54 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 15 (EB) Unknown 1 1 4294966765 (F1) Unknown 99 99 48994122884	81.1% Excellent	Read 508 Write 241 Mixed 203 69% 317 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 14 119% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 31.6 89% 195 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 85%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 216710576 (03) Spinup time 93 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3013 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 40874822 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7312 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3363 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 25770197003 (BD) vendor-specific 72 72 28 (BE) vendor-specific 72 49 521601052 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 46004 (C2) HDA temperature 28 51 47244640284 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 79212081844615 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32434545422 (F2) Unknown 100 253 47966826830	81.5% Excellent	Read 146 Write 139 Mixed 146 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.18 73% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 337GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 7 (03) Spinup time 183 172 3816 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10237 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19047 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7246 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1577 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8659 (C2) HDA temperature 117 90 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	66.1% Good	Read 111 Write 120 Mixed 114 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.42 100% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 42.7 MC Mixed 33.1 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 46.9 SC Mixed 33.1 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 105%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,107 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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