Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 141% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	141% 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	112% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	21.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '17 at 23:15
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 153 2-Core 302 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 846 87% 699 Pts	64-Core 838 52% 838 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 3027 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Lighting 202 Reflection 217 Parallax 213 164% 211 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 198 Splatting 130 125% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11777 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 407 (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 59 43 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 305 (F1) Unknown 99 99 49392667641	112% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 406 Mixed 416 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 48.7 170% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 129 150% 262 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 55GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 53919019457933 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 902 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 748 (B1) Unknown 0 0 94 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 51 64427851810 (C2) HDA temperature 34 51 64427851810 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24862 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19394 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19394 (F2) Unknown 0 0 25433	46.6% Average	Read 182 Write 120 Mixed 145 33% 149 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 13 94% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 26.9 43% 81.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 73%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 6TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 110 (03) Spinup time 187 187 21502034209 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1370 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1526 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1359 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1449 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1449 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 180390199331 (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	73% Very good	Read 147 Write 108 Mixed 143 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.38 90% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 97%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 112 (03) Spinup time 185 185 21499609421 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 27 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1572 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 597 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 597 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 193275035683 (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	74.7% Very good	Read 128 Write 132 Mixed 130 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.42 113% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 97%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 201 176 6908 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 521 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11479 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 221 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 185 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 149 149 153695 (C2) HDA temperature 119 102 33 (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	71.4% Very good	Read 123 Write 125 Mixed 116 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.26 103% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 96%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 161 161 21501509938 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 845 (05) Reallocated sector count 53 53 1022 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18132 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 445 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1371 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1371 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 214749937699 (C4) Reallocation count 34 34 1362 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	108% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 171 Mixed 191 142% 189 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.21 93% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C15D4/8G KHX2666C15D4/4G KHX2666C15D4/8G KHX2666C15D4/4G 24GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 33.7 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 45.2 SC Mixed 34.3 98% 34.4 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 106%

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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	4,553x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $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 $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 $40	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