Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	68.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '17 at 03:17
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 157 2-Core 314 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 596 8-Core 878 92% 737 Pts	64-Core 878 54% 878 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1149 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Lighting 86.7 Reflection 62.3 Parallax 112 71% 87.1 fps	MRender 63.1 Gravity 85.4 Splatting 81.3 63% 76.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M600_MTFDDAK128MBF 128GB 465 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^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 100 100 290 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2191 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 95 (AE) Unknown 100 100 128 (B4) Unknown 0 0 857 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 28 309238169630 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6995676404 (F7) Unknown 100 100 219272536 (F8) Unknown 100 100 223540485	83.7% Excellent	Read 529 Write 360 Mixed 392 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 19.5 129% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 34.1 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 19.3 30% 54.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 101%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: JKAOA3FD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 102 (03) Spinup time 145 145 51580240251 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 204 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 36 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 24524 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 112 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 213 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 213 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 223339675683 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	68.5% Good	Read 117 Write 122 Mixed 117 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.45 107% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 68%
Seagate ST1000DX001-SSHD-8GB 1TB 7,180 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 687GB free Firmware: CC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 66344712 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 714 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12856328 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1098 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 700 (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 68 60 538771488 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 796 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 42949672992 (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 -103186589284729 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15037373594 (F2) Unknown 100 253 185989104423	106% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 186 Mixed 137 126% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.73 216% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 13GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Read 127 Write 31.9 Mixed 43.7 68% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.16 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 98% 2.79 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$169 2,908 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2473 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	81.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 23.1 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 31.4 SC Mixed 26.2 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 89%

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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	4,554x
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	990x
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	440x
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	345x
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: 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