Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	106% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 28 '17 at 08:33
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 150 2-Core 301 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 830 85% 686 Pts	64-Core 829 51% 829 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3306) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2232 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 124 Parallax 107 99% 118 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 110 Splatting 104 88% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 240GB-$110 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th 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 100 100 443 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 202 (A2) Unknown 100 100 816 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 458790 (AE) Unknown 100 100 108 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 108 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1158 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2268	106% Outstanding	Read 530 Write 467 Mixed 517 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 16.1 143% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 71.3 134% 266 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 91%
Corsair Force LS 240GB-$110 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 42GB free Firmware: S8FM07.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th 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 5704 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1472 (A2) Unknown 100 100 16 (AA) Unknown 100 100 79 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1441852 (AE) Unknown 100 100 92 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 92 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 810 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2086 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2060	73.5% Very good	Read 505 Write 299 Mixed 366 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 9 97% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 24.8 60% 124 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC32 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 102 99 1376 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3697 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 246864566 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3445 (B7) Unknown 1 1 335 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 81 12885098611 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 68 58 538509344 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3822 (C2) HDA temperature 32 42 64424509472 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 14 1376 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -11424612999057 (F1) Unknown 100 253 844270977 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2605243958	65.4% Good	Read 113 Write 115 Mixed 101 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.74 132% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 28.9 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 32 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 47.8 84% 47.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%

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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	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
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	345x
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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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