Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	81.5% 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	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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '17 at 17:28
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 732 74% 599 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA); ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti OC CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 203 Parallax 181 153% 190 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 183 Splatting 127 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9098 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 842 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 89 89 357 (AE) Unknown 100 100 32 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 54 197569544227 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 89 89 11 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 24654095483 (F7) Unknown 100 100 788120561 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1557958566	81.5% Excellent	Read 531 Write 186 Mixed 234 69% 317 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 21.2 140% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 48.4 73% 138 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 93 71823893 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6754 (05) Reallocated sector count 86 86 602 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 147973191 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 47152 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 2032 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 348 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 538574880 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 68719476768 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 9 71823893 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 45844480970162 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1622996700 (F2) Unknown 100 253 715365634	49.3% Average	Read 103 Write 69.1 Mixed 47.1 54% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.49 106% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 619GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 234156640 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3658 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 120683518 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 19220 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1152 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 64 51 605683748 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 241807 (C2) HDA temperature 36 49 68719476772 (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 -45419279145924 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37139919959 (F2) Unknown 100 253 47115256048	87.3% Excellent	Read 151 Write 153 Mixed 149 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.27 74% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 40.7 MC Write 44.2 MC Mixed 30.2 110% 38.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 47 SC Mixed 33.1 98% 34.5 GB/s	Latency 48 83% 48 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 115%

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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	4,545x
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	888x
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) $35	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