Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	126% 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	84.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '17 at 19:38
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 235 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 222 8-Core 274 32% 248 Pts	64-Core 321 20% 321 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2757 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 136 Parallax 195 145% 170 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 178 Splatting 103 109% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16098 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1350 (E8) Unknown 100 100 45074450078 (E9) Unknown 96 0 96	84.9% Excellent	Read 436 Write 388 Mixed 366 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 20.7 133% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 18.6 42% 81.3 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 104%
WD WD2002FAEX-00MJR 2TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 533GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 6375 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2890 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9781 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1501 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2812 (C2) HDA temperature 119 115 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81% Excellent	Read 152 Write 131 Mixed 135 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.92 4K Mixed 0.32 112% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 474GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 127449355 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7647 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 8611439033 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16307 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2725 (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 66 51 572522530 (C2) HDA temperature 34 49 42949672994 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 22 127449355 (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 25245817784618 (F1) Unknown 100 253 393247144 (F2) Unknown 100 253 395727426	43.6% Average	Read 82.1 Write 69.9 Mixed 74.2 57% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.19 50% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB-$227 628 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 29.1 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 26.6 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 73.9% 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	4,555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	991x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	441x
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	346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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