Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	69.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '17 at 08:01
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 261 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 733 73% 594 Pts	64-Core 733 45% 733 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 90%

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: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 152 Parallax 131 117% 142 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 135 Splatting 109 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 372GB free Firmware: CXY7501Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 2,322 Write 1,248 Mixed 1,255 354% 1,609 MB/s	4K Read 61.5 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 70 255% 89.2 MB/s	DQ Read 555 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 202 219% 371 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 259%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 321GB free Firmware: 00RL Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 442 Write 237 Mixed 248 68% 309 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 19.1 123% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 41.2 94% 198 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 267GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3613 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 459 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1018028099228 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 57 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1340 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 161 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 63 270584053787 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4754531550291 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3550 (EA) Unknown 100 100 34687 (F1) Unknown 253 253 31597 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9905 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	69.1% Good	Read 315 Write 282 Mixed 234 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 16.7 102% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 37.8 76% 156 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 107%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 819GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 135 4058 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 731 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3580 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 420 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 132 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6967 (C2) HDA temperature 116 111 27 (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	85.2% Excellent	Read 167 Write 130 Mixed 129 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.25 104% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 8,912 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 41.3 MC Mixed 34.1 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 46.1 SC Mixed 32.6 96% 33.7 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 125%

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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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $140Bench 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 $279	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 $182	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