Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	234% 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	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 12:05
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 290 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 795 79% 643 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3669) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Lighting 85.4 Reflection 82.5 Parallax 73.9 70% 80.6 fps	MRender 76.1 Gravity 72.8 Splatting 65.2 58% 71.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 282GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 963 Write 966 Mixed 939 214% 956 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 42.2 190% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 424 DQ Write 553 DQ Mixed 157 211% 378 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 313%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 2,070 Write 1,158 Mixed 1,181 324% 1,470 MB/s	4K Read 58.5 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 28.3 200% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 584 DQ Write 435 DQ Mixed 210 238% 410 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 236%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 902GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 (03) Spinup time 176 172 4200 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2338 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 27949 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1745 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 557 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 160 160 122570 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.5% Good	Read 105 Write 109 Mixed 112 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.3 112% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 84%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 183GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 210 Mixed 155 141% 189 MB/s	4K Read 2.73 4K Write 3.79 4K Mixed 0.52 242% 2.35 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 213%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$299 798 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 29.9 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 38.8 SC Mixed 29.9 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 127%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
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	345x
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 $295	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