Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	90.3% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150901
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '18 at 18:07
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 133 2-Core 243 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 684 70% 563 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.1% 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 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 162 Parallax 130 116% 144 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 139 Splatting 118 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$82 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 333GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd 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 1776 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 317 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 52 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 79756 (A5) Unknown 100 100 218 (A6) Unknown 100 100 114 (A7) Unknown 100 100 163 (94) Unknown 100 100 55853 (95) Unknown 100 100 2179 (96) Unknown 100 100 2020 (97) Unknown 100 100 2148 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 430 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 42 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 993929 (F2) Unknown 100 100 199062 (F5) Unknown 100 100 2552192	90.3% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 344 Mixed 358 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 26 125% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 18 79% 178 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 127%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 66 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789464877 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 576 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 126 126 32 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7152 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 312 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2636 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2636 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 210454446113 (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	108% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 185 Mixed 166 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.22 98% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.3% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23.5 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 105%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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