Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	205% 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	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	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '17 at 22:59
Run Duration	322 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 242 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 686 72% 575 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 143 Parallax 123 105% 132 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 126 Splatting 104 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 2,014 Write 903 Mixed 1,127 296% 1,348 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 32.5 218% 90.1 MB/s	DQ Read 53.7 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 31.1 53% 97 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 243%
Hectron HECX1-500G 500GB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 173GB free Firmware: H1AB02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 62 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1350 (A0) Unknown 100 100 8 (A1) Unknown 100 100 218 (A3) Unknown 100 100 5 (A4) Unknown 100 100 32871 (A5) Unknown 100 100 36 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) 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 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 123 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 49 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 17733 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 7 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 157825 (F2) Unknown 100 100 259653 (F5) Unknown 100 100 262968	98% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 395 Mixed 442 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 34.4 154% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 33.4 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 25.6 60% 117 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 110%
Drevo X1-240G 240GB 516 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 38GB free Firmware: D1DB11 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 28 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 738 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 33 (A3) Unknown 100 100 328 (94) Unknown 100 100 23892 (95) Unknown 100 100 386 (96) Unknown 100 100 189 (97) Unknown 100 100 336 (A4) Unknown 100 100 10772 (A5) Unknown 100 100 29 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 39733348073497 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 40497 (F2) Unknown 100 100 26380 (F5) Unknown 100 100 63622 (F6) Unknown 100 100 47784 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	108% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 362 Mixed 449 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 43.2 169% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 23.8 95% 210 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 95%
Seagate ST31000524NS 1TB-$94 5,596 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 532GB free Firmware: Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 195492041 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3536 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 26150088103 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24687 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 954 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590131203 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 589496355 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 220 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2611 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 64424509475 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 29 195492041 (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 -42614665482815 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3365204358 (F2) Unknown 100 253 805689540	68.4% Good	Read 123 Write 116 Mixed 108 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.4 107% 1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 202GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 126 99 1205086048 (03) Spinup time 95 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5789 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 472 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12930834247 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9224 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3492 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BC) Unknown 100 98 21475360780 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 63 40 11575560044581 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1323 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6197 (C2) HDA temperature 37 60 64424509477 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 13 1205086048 (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 32332513814843 (F1) Unknown 100 253 126692793 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3206306437	46.6% Average	Read 78.6 Write 84.1 Mixed 76.2 60% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.14 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.09 30% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 74%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 4GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 24 Write 7.45 Mixed 14 17% 15.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.11 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 1.43 135% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$80 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 30.1 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 46.4 SC Mixed 30.2 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%

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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	4,555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	991x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	441x
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	346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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