Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.1% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '17 at 19:40
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 147 2-Core 288 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 812 82% 665 Pts	64-Core 814 50% 814 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% EVGA(3842 2884) 3GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	54.3% Above average	Lighting 66.7 Reflection 68.8 Parallax 84.4 54% 73.3 fps	MRender 80.7 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 52 54% 68.4 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PD256HAFV-000H7 256GB 3,736 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05H6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11981 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 254 (AA) Unknown 100 100 4576 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 267 (AE) Unknown 99 99 84 (B7) Unknown 99 99 109 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 64 31 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0	82.1% Excellent	Read 379 Write 343 Mixed 344 79% 356 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 22.7 122% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 22.2 73% 159 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 182591552 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4192 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30332841 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9454 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1601 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 49 49 51 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 45 773259310 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 157 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40788 (C2) HDA temperature 46 55 85899345966 (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 -81161996989629 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26979377037742 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5051041581936	58.3% Above average	Read 74.3 Write 129 Mixed 109 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.19 55% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 113%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$78 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 6 (03) Spinup time 184 180 5766 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1406 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3977 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 631 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5012 (C2) HDA temperature 111 95 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	55.6% Above average	Read 73.7 Write 120 Mixed 96.6 73% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.18 53% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: SC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 242582888 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1355 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 57 50 107387373924 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3752 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 607 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 72 1825389085109 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 32 34162842533928 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 418 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5435 (C2) HDA temperature 40 68 64424509480 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 108456514159808 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31119643868 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23058652850
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 972GB free Firmware: HP34 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 224441792 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4214 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 68410723 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8972 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2068 (B4) Unknown 100 100 644673647 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 67 45 4866900001 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 188 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30012 (C2) HDA temperature 33 55 -140737488355295 (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 200 200 148	99.6% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 159 Mixed 158 127% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.29 94% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 374GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 157305856 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1494 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12315597 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4269 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1310 (B7) Unknown 92 92 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 99 97 8590065681 (BD) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BE) vendor-specific 55 50 756482093 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1171 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 49031 (C2) HDA temperature 45 50 73014444077 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 27 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 116823110452549 (F1) Unknown 100 253 66494778652 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42604748056	39.3% Below average	Read 50.5 Write 86.6 Mixed 97.8 60% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.18 4K Write 0.58 4K Mixed 0.1 30% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 96%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 374GB free Firmware: FP1A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7195 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 307 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 608 (0A) Spinup retry count 106 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 116 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 36 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 332 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 249108824115 (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 200 253 48 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 99 99 488 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 201 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	48.1% Average	Read 65 Write 103 Mixed 80.3 62% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.21 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.12 33% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 2,613 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.1% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.2 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 117%

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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	4,542x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
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 $499Bench 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 $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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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