Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	119% 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% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 01:19
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 152 2-Core 289 100% 179 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 752 78% 625 Pts	64-Core 809 50% 809 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 23 Parallax 184 146% 128 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 159 Splatting 100 80% 95.9 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6007 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 483 (A6) Unknown 100 100 112 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 653 (A9) Unknown 100 100 149 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 471 (AE) Unknown 100 100 355 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 53 227634380835 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3910 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 61426 (F1) Unknown 253 253 19777 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11776 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	69% Good	Read 419 Write 203 Mixed 266 65% 296 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 17 123% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 34.8 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 17.2 38% 73.6 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 91%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 217 178 6116 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4866 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 301 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 211 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 134 134 198892 (C2) HDA temperature 105 92 47 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	85.9% Excellent	Read 144 Write 155 Mixed 142 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.28 112% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 168 4016 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1503 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25559 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 361 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 291 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 150 150 151703 (C2) HDA temperature 105 91 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	77.4% Very good	Read 134 Write 136 Mixed 131 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.29 110% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 84%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free Firmware: 1805 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 105 Write 103 Mixed 96.1 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.31 81% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 66%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 906GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 83 83 5990 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11123 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 47920 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1721 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 1 723845163 (C2) HDA temperature 57 48 757399595 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 992454 (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 99 60616 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	61% Good	Read 102 Write 110 Mixed 93.7 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.54 128% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 62%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$81 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 328GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 166 6283 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2937 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7180 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 344 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2739 (C2) HDA temperature 108 94 42 (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	49.7% Average	Read 80.7 Write 92 Mixed 75.8 62% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.19 94% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 85%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$176 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 324GB free Firmware: SC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 149744931 (03) Spinup time 89 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 46 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 161573753 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -53850299953139 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 53 43 925499439 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1842 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10986 (C2) HDA temperature 47 57 77309411375 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 2 149744931 (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 125069447663012 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20230465812 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7095347500
Poor: 31% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 26.6 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 29.1 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 104%

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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 $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 $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