Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.1% 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	222% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '16 at 20:18
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 613 64% 513 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.1% Very good	Lighting 98.9 Reflection 110 Parallax 95 81% 101 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 91.3 Splatting 94 76% 92.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 210GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3701 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 192 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 70 60 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3079349287	113% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 413 Mixed 422 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 41.9 179% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 98.8 128% 229 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,974 Write 908 Mixed 1,115 293% 1,332 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 50.2 229% 88.9 MB/s	DQ Read 552 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 184 205% 353 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 243%
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 112GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4546 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 343 (AB) Unknown 100 100 40858704 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 15 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 622 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2449 (F9) Unknown 100 100 33360410	92.8% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 325 Mixed 408 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 24.4 138% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 69.3 123% 239 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 98%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 111GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4344950 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -35287451289972 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 708 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 55 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4344950 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4344950 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4344950 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8176 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6133 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6133 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5868	70.9% Very good	Read 482 Write 145 Mixed 218 61% 282 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 16 124% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 37.8 62% 122 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 816GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 20255277 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5936 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 30189718182 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28112 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 1017 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 655375 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 58 454557723 (C2) HDA temperature 27 42 42949672987 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 20 20255277 (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 -81789062192174 (F1) Unknown 100 253 122966615 (F2) Unknown 100 253 910035873	66.3% Good	Read 117 Write 114 Mixed 111 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.49 114% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB-$96 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.1% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 20.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 19.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 128%

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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	4,542x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	312x
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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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