Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	85.6% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 11:59
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th 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, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 480 66% 488 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 145 Parallax 122 106% 132 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 125 Splatting 104 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LX 256GB-$129 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 137GB free Firmware: N0307A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 159 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2302 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1035 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 45 (A3) Unknown 100 100 1 (A4) Unknown 100 100 22497 (A5) Unknown 100 100 58 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (F1) Unknown 100 100 101537 (F2) Unknown 100 100 892486 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 101537 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0	90.1% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 283 Mixed 370 85% 386 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 34 133% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 75.2 109% 204 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 99%
Corsair Neutron 256GB-$255 1,100 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: M306 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 124 54 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3366 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 0 51542294555 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 98 98 3 (EA) Unknown 100 100 87168 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18370 (F2) Unknown 100 100 21898 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 591132	85.6% Excellent	Read 485 Write 334 Mixed 450 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 26.3 112% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 81.9 112% 208 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 97%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 197 9066 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2672 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2588 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1233 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5625 (C2) HDA temperature 126 116 26 (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	91.4% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 168 Mixed 155 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.23 114% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3600 C17 Series 2x4GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 21.9 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 23.1 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 118%

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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