Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 99.6%, 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	226% 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	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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160829
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '17 at 06:13
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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)	99.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 152 2-Core 302 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 802 84% 675 Pts	64-Core 828 51% 828 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2802 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 165 Parallax 139 132% 156 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 154 Splatting 118 106% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 20GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 966 Write 752 Mixed 998 202% 905 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 44.5 184% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 431 DQ Mixed 152 185% 322 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 313%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0174 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 2,068 Write 970 Mixed 1,360 323% 1,466 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 193 4K Mixed 44.8 222% 93.1 MB/s	DQ Read 410 DQ Write 380 DQ Mixed 158 184% 316 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 230%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2014)-$220 1,278 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2TB free Firmware: CC47 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 99 283296 (03) Spinup time 88 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1412 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 72540280 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9728 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1197 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 5 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 66 48 572063778 (BF) G-sense error rate 88 88 25632 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 246687 (C2) HDA temperature 34 52 51539607586 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 42 283296 (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 -125146757061473 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19499015752 (F2) Unknown 100 253 648680717875	74.4% Very good	Read 122 Write 137 Mixed 132 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.29 78% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 300GB free Firmware: CC36 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 121782920 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2002 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 36 (07) Seek error rate 57 57 55841806499 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3303 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1033 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 15 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 55 504823838 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 51539607582 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 20 121782920 (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 -45191645883030 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2932684259 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1384562096	48.9% Average	Read 85.5 Write 84.8 Mixed 83.6 64% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.45 98% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 68%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 137GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 130816896 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 357 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3897425 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2744 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 359 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 521601055 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5686 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 47244640287 (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 -50465865725264 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11415595067 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21820066703	43.9% Average	Read 81.1 Write 71.9 Mixed 73.9 57% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.18 67% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C17 4x4GB 562 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	120% Outstanding	MC Read 43.9 MC Write 47.2 MC Mixed 36.7 122% 42.6 GB/s	SC Read 24.9 SC Write 50.3 SC Mixed 35.8 106% 37 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 122%

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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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
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	342x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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