Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	63% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '17 at 07:43
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (84^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 258 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 692 69% 563 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 96.7 Reflection 107 118% 102 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 960GB-$109 1,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 312GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1126A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1103 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 597 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 424 (A3) Unknown 100 100 53 (A4) Unknown 100 100 68147 (A5) Unknown 100 100 47 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 17 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 2 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 26 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 2 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 658056 (F2) Unknown 100 100 152009 (F5) Unknown 100 100 545176	63% Good	Read 436 Write 263 Mixed 248 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 12.8 86% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 35.2 47% 79.8 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 95%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 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 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 136 136 34386411955 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1560 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5381 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 590 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1653 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1653 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 197569609767 (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	114% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 183 Mixed 188 147% 195 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.21 102% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 107%
SanDisk Ultra 128GB 247 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 76GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 99.5 Write 52.9 Mixed 69.7 88% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.68 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.94 92% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF1X08JEEE36-12-K 8GBF2X04JEEE36-12-K 8GBF1X08JEEE36-12-K 8GBF2X04JEEE36-12-K 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.4% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 24.2 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23.4 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 84%

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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	4,551x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	596x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	890x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	439x
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	344x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $274	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 $183	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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