Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	269% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '17 at 19:00
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 801 86% 683 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 373F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 150 Parallax 142 114% 144 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 134 Splatting 108 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 397GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 2,390 Write 1,471 Mixed 1,532 397% 1,797 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 58.9 225% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 162 166% 272 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 283%
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 175GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 948 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1829 (E8) Unknown 100 100 10291283879 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	107% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 484 Mixed 430 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 38.8 158% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 121 126% 209 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%
Toshiba OCZ TL100 120GB-$80 2,275 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 82GB free Firmware: SBFZ10.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 520 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 419 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 305 (C2) HDA temperature 71 67 141735297053 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7836	86.4% Excellent	Read 307 Write 438 Mixed 478 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 12.6 128% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 19.5 80% 179 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 101517168 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1975 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3995827 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2084 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1912 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 262148 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 554958880 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19795 (C2) HDA temperature 32 43 77309411360 (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 -80620831112111 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12208636612 (F2) Unknown 100 253 339055189067	99.7% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 167 Mixed 158 127% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.22 88% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2800 C15 2x8GB 2,735 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	78.1% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.2 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.4 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 99%

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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 $242Bench 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 $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 $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