Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83% 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	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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '17 at 22:53
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 196 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 473 51% 406 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 111 Parallax 95.4 83% 103 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 98.2 78% 95.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 26750254 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 69483980924321 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2952 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 240 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 57 55838310434 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 26750254 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 26750254 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 26750254 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16963 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17448 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17448 (F2) Unknown 0 0 21822	83% Excellent	Read 493 Write 250 Mixed 311 77% 351 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 18.8 126% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 56.5 98% 193 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 90%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 108 Write 92.4 Mixed 63.9 66% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.79 4K Write 6.3 4K Mixed 0.56 253% 2.88 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 457GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 9573496 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5581 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11010559 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9128 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2804 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 77814235166 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 183 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34571 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 -140737488355298 (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 114770116088838 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16117827358 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23274089766	89.3% Excellent	Read 163 Write 149 Mixed 118 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.28 81% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 135GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5646 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9801 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3014 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5417 (C2) HDA temperature 112 100 31 (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	73.1% Very good	Read 120 Write 134 Mixed 141 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.23 101% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Avexir DDR4-2400 CL16 8GB 2x8GB 1,133 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27.5 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 25.4 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 84%

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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 $45Bench 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 $45	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