Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	193% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '16 at 01:50
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 276 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 736 75% 604 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.7% 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 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 154 Parallax 131 117% 143 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 140 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 1TB-$310 2,086 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 633GB free Firmware: X4140000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 696 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1835025 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 41 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 911 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 249109938212 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 17179869188 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 309 (EA) Unknown 100 100 333 (F1) Unknown 253 253 325 (F2) Unknown 253 253 43 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80.8% Excellent	Read 487 Write 270 Mixed 267 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 17.6 114% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 26.5 84% 186 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 106%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1,758 Write 1,018 Mixed 1,228 295% 1,335 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 28.2 183% 78.2 MB/s	DQ Read 39.1 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 31.9 65% 123 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 283%
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 above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 179 7633 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1099 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2150 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 156 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3734 (C2) HDA temperature 115 107 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 28	76.5% Very good	Read 142 Write 124 Mixed 132 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.21 94% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 87%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 970GB free Firmware: 0143 Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	22.8% Poor	Read 36.9 Write 42.1 Mixed 37.3 29% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.25 74% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 27 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 27.5 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 94%

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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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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