Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.6% 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	62.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150901
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '16 at 09:35
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 133 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 675 69% 558 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.9 93% 108 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 100 Splatting 98.9 80% 98.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 288GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3293 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 351 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 75 57 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9623160022	107% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 410 Mixed 420 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 47.8 191% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 49.5 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 29 37% 63.9 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 134%
Intel SSDSC2CT080A4 80GB 377 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 335u Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -129957120429210 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1548 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 78 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 439085 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 439085 (F2) Unknown 100 100 309225 (F9) Unknown 100 100 14323	62.3% Good	Read 448 Write 96.8 Mixed 150 50% 232 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 13 113% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 10.7 43% 98.7 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 76%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 179 5866 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2746 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3019 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2269 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13621 (C2) HDA temperature 127 100 23 (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	70.4% Very good	Read 123 Write 122 Mixed 119 92% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.21 104% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.1% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 23.1 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 110%

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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	4,577x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	845x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	601x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	472x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	317x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16