Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.1% 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	79.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 15:08
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 254 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 708 73% 586 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.6 86% 106 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 99.3 80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
G.skill FM-25S3-240GPF 240GB 294 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3450 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 327 (11) Unknown 100 100 73 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 550 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3670146 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 12388 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7079	79.7% Very good	Read 379 Write 398 Mixed 273 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 15.7 108% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 15.7 63% 142 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 190551600 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1843 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1249246 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2884 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 323 (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 65 59 589430819 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7394 (C2) HDA temperature 35 41 64424509475 (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 115139483271701 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2129442455 (F2) Unknown 100 253 138813512067	90.8% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 149 Mixed 137 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.18 73% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Avexir DDR4-2666 CL15 8GB 2x8GB 125 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 28.6 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 28.7 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 105%

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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	841x
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 $485Bench 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 $129Bench 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