Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 112% 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	78.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '17 at 12:43
Run Duration	663 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 147 2-Core 294 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 773 81% 647 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 204 Parallax 184 155% 193 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 180 Splatting 127 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Asus ROG RAIDR EXPRESS PCIe SSD 4TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 3TB free Firmware: MV.R00-0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	17.4% Very poor	Read 212 Write 136 Mixed 168 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.22 2% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 17%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 112 50254682 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -91044716711588 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 268 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 188 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 83 77314850845 (C2) HDA temperature 29 83 77314850845 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 50254682 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 50254682 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 50254682 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 69388 (EA) Unknown 0 0 61025 (F1) Unknown 0 0 61025 (F2) Unknown 0 0 37229	78.9% Very good	Read 472 Write 252 Mixed 317 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 18.5 115% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 69.6 102% 189 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 94%
Asus RAIDR Express PCIe 1,224 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 135GB free Firmware: MV.R00-0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	67.7% Good	Read 485 Write 195 Mixed 226 66% 302 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 17 98% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 42.8 69% 130 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 101%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$175 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 510GB free Firmware: SC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 168158185 (03) Spinup time 88 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 62 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 777088831 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -85023172588613 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (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 50 38 11301035245618 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1594 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 608 (C2) HDA temperature 50 62 94489280562 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 168158185 (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 -24352464565448 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16701203099 (F2) Unknown 100 253 140180648634	96.4% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 145 Mixed 132 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 4.11 4K Write 3.84 4K Mixed 0.28 273% 2.74 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 106%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$175 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 381GB free Firmware: SC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 195305281 (03) Spinup time 88 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 63 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 61 779471523 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -9109625631798 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (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 43 31 -3184000967 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1456 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 138 (C2) HDA temperature 57 69 94489280569 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 195305281 (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 -44281112818872 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16998411239 (F2) Unknown 100 253 142973175877
Poor: 31% Great: 106%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$175 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 360GB free Firmware: SC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 71 64 12947106 (03) Spinup time 88 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 62 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 780766185 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -18373870089285 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 63 (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 53 39 11545730547759 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1723 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 579 (C2) HDA temperature 47 61 94489280559 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 12947106 (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 -41038412510408 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17085820901 (F2) Unknown 100 253 152926293178	99.6% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 179 Mixed 144 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 2.51 4K Write 3.42 4K Mixed 0.33 204% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 106%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$175 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 358GB free Firmware: SC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 163280526 (03) Spinup time 88 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 62 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 773948718 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -62839666504773 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (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 44 32 -3184066504 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1644 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 663 (C2) HDA temperature 56 68 90194313272 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 163280526 (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 -104642583196871 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16691465898 (F2) Unknown 100 253 140486957493	96.6% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 156 Mixed 93.7 106% 143 MB/s	4K Read 4.38 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.29 281% 2.76 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 106%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$175 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 352GB free Firmware: SC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 151567635 (03) Spinup time 87 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 62 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 777300233 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 62070867364796 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (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 59 45 774242345 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1977 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 657 (C2) HDA temperature 41 55 94489280553 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 151567635 (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 112575387798328 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16708265718 (F2) Unknown 100 253 153605943169	90.5% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 136 Mixed 155 118% 156 MB/s	4K Read 2.09 4K Write 3.88 4K Mixed 0.27 188% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 106%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$175 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 341GB free Firmware: SC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 72 64 15185941 (03) Spinup time 88 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 64 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 61 779878163 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -116522462737462 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 53 39 14303099617327 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2082 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 492 (C2) HDA temperature 47 61 90194313263 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 15185941 (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 103852309220166 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16863784402 (F2) Unknown 100 253 156537819800	99.2% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 160 Mixed 139 120% 161 MB/s	4K Read 4.51 4K Write 3.68 4K Mixed 0.27 286% 2.82 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 106%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$175 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 297GB free Firmware: SC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 85177641 (03) Spinup time 88 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 85 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 783633189 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 130412386978763 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 66 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 49 38 23464382758963 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1504 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 173 (C2) HDA temperature 51 62 94489280563 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 85177641 (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 14624363645767 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16538930519 (F2) Unknown 100 253 152540373945	81.5% Excellent	Read 154 Write 128 Mixed 117 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 3.91 4K Write 3.23 4K Mixed 0.31 257% 2.48 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 106%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$175 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 198GB free Firmware: SC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 203582333 (03) Spinup time 87 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 69 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 781003231 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -41171556496437 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 66 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 46 824901677 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 829 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 150 (C2) HDA temperature 45 54 94489280557 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 203582333 (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 -46613280060604 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17555835133 (F2) Unknown 100 253 158841500084
Poor: 31% Great: 106%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$175 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 156GB free Firmware: SC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 64 62106074 (03) Spinup time 88 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 66 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 740260726 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -66443144066379 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 64 (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 64 51 790757412 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2655 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3267 (C2) HDA temperature 36 49 73014444068 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 5 62106074 (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 -13696650704233 (F1) Unknown 100 253 33023260998 (F2) Unknown 100 253 140064369864	83.8% Excellent	Read 183 Write 108 Mixed 100 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 4.43 4K Write 2.77 4K Mixed 0.37 277% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 106%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$175 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 156GB free Firmware: SC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 225204285 (03) Spinup time 88 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 65 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 739818000 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 76656576301749 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 64 (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 54 40 925761582 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2890 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3177 (C2) HDA temperature 46 60 73014444078 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 5 225204285 (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 -48558900245859 (F1) Unknown 100 253 33023190403 (F2) Unknown 100 253 140075076512
Poor: 31% Great: 106%
Generic Flash Disk 2GB 6,669 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	4.12% Terrible	Read 15.9 Write 2.76 Mixed 4.42 7% 7.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.07 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.005 19% 1.69 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.12% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 2,357 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 31.4 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 41.2 SC Mixed 26 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 124%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,543x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	312x
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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Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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