Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	125% 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	85% 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	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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 06:18
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 156 2-Core 305 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 792 81% 653 Pts	64-Core 824 51% 824 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 193 Parallax 183 140% 183 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 168 Splatting 124 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 471GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1506 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 527 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7274581 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 43 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1378 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 17 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 66 283468824601 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 103080132632 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1223 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1759 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1625 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2186 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	64.1% Good	Read 313 Write 234 Mixed 205 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 16.5 96% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 31 72% 151 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 107%
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: R201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 10821762 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -26611617360229 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1814 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 61 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 25 103080853632 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10821762 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10821762 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10821762 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5465 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6012 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6012 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5996	85% Excellent	Read 494 Write 225 Mixed 282 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 22.1 142% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 79.5 101% 179 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 917GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 212447146 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3013 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 34456191627 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9543 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2616 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 53 420872217 (C2) HDA temperature 25 47 60129542169 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 21 212447146 (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 -41686952558076 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2269589857 (F2) Unknown 100 253 763095502	67.7% Good	Read 120 Write 115 Mixed 104 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 898GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 38762656 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 547 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10821511 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1498 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 546 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 64 387252247 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9501 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 55834574871 (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 111445811397600 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16635169975 (F2) Unknown 100 253 70680330061	94.9% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 155 Mixed 160 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.15 63% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 4x8GB 3,576 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.6% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 16.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 99%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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