Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	46.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '17 at 04:58
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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 i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 148 2-Core 294 96% 177 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 503 69% 514 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 186 Parallax 178 137% 177 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 164 Splatting 120 110% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 236GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 759 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 278 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 65 56 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 55 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2517403129	93.1% Outstanding	Read 380 Write 334 Mixed 328 77% 347 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 38.4 155% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 130 124% 197 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 114GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1567 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 448 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 68 57 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 98 98 1980 (EB) Unknown 99 99 106 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6016038077	94.1% Outstanding	Read 378 Write 403 Mixed 392 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 32.4 144% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 159 144% 220 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 124%
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3824 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1326 (A2) Unknown 80 80 67 (AA) Unknown 100 100 168 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 19465459 (AE) Unknown 100 100 349 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 349 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 90 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11064 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6065	46.9% Average	Read 402 Write 39.2 Mixed 143 42% 195 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 3.99 91% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 93.3 DQ Write 74.4 DQ Mixed 2.81 24% 56.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 180847032 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 347 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 129054 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 231 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 57 638976037 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 946 (C2) HDA temperature 37 43 68719476773 (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 47807280972357 (F1) Unknown 100 253 181990061 (F2) Unknown 100 253 137174598	113% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 189 Mixed 178 143% 190 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.22 91% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 418GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 315424 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1475 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 29322597 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3574 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1226 (B7) Unknown 87 87 13 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 4295032863 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 622198819 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 212 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5541 (C2) HDA temperature 35 45 68719476771 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 35 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -13245679137717 (F1) Unknown 100 253 28450662581 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1550307584410	73.7% Very good	Read 132 Write 125 Mixed 127 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.17 79% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 64GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 9058856 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1374 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 35200553 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3813 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1301 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 62 56 655687718 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 455 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9379 (C2) HDA temperature 38 44 68719476774 (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 -136335146873530 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31158718317 (F2) Unknown 100 253 690907637171	74.1% Very good	Read 168 Write 89.9 Mixed 122 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.14 71% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 0827 1TB 5,337 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 613GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	26.8% Poor	Read 92.6 Write 35.6 Mixed 39.2 60% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.2 70% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Avexir DDR4-2400 CL16 8GB 4x8GB 213 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB 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	73.8% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 25 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 21.9 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 117%

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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	4,557x
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	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
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

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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