Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.7% 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	171% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '17 at 19:40
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th 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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 258 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 706 70% 573 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.7% Very good	Lighting 96.2 Reflection 102 Parallax 85.8 78% 94.8 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 104 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,184 Write 606 Mixed 871 196% 887 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 49 230% 93.4 MB/s	DQ Read 584 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 178 191% 328 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 243%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 95GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2535 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 618 (A5) Unknown 100 100 51552780449 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 29 (A8) Unknown 100 100 17 (A9) Unknown 100 100 365 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 35 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 68 292058824739 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 197573148743 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2664 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3318 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2869 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13235 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	87.3% Excellent	Read 479 Write 341 Mixed 307 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 19.7 120% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 42.4 96% 203 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 108%
Hitachi HDN724030ALE640 3TB 4,385 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5E0 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 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 81 (03) Spinup time 132 132 38684525031 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 695 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2469 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 573 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 721 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 721 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 223339282461 (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 200 200 0	91.3% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 152 Mixed 158 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.24 110% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 23.8 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 88%

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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	4,546x
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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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