Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	88.9% 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	115% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '17 at 05:30
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 149 2-Core 299 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 832 88% 702 Pts	64-Core 815 50% 815 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 119 Parallax 103 91% 111 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 102 Splatting 105 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3387 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 515 (B1) Unknown 97 97 54 (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 63 53 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 253 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26878866201	115% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 398 Mixed 421 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 48.1 182% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 113 144% 258 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 78GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 215168254 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 538 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 96030405 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3386 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 491 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 61 572588065 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 596 (C2) HDA temperature 33 22 94489280545 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 215168254 (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 139285789412661 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26639142803 (F2) Unknown 100 253 27430818544	92.3% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 143 Mixed 124 111% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.25 91% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Momentus Thin 7200 2.5" 320GB-$29 12,279 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 56GB free Firmware: 0001DEM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 40110192 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4259 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 30681352118 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34999 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4025 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BC) Unknown 100 97 322127462500 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 38 -3756064736 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 3950 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 752 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 593625 (C2) HDA temperature 32 62 94489280544 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 31 40110192 (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 62732292358190 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1866691781 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2397870252 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 1 4887 (FB) Unknown 100 1 158 (FC) Unknown 100 1 18 (FE) Unknown 1 1 15
Poor: 14% Great: 64%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 49GB free Firmware: MS02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 162125464 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1199 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 13150114715 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10320 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1287 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 44 34915483681 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 478 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1272 (C2) HDA temperature 33 56 90194313249 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	44.7% Average	Read 89.7 Write 66.3 Mixed 76.7 58% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.17 55% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2800 C16 2x8GB 1,795 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 28.3 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 30 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 99%

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Gaming 86%

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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	4,551x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	596x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	890x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	439x
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	344x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $274	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 $184	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