Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.3% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150706
Uptime	10.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 06:14
Run Duration	330 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$130 342,244 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 (95^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 465 61% 460 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.10.1 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.3% Very good	Lighting 94.3 Reflection 85.8 Parallax 141 77% 107 fps	MRender 82.4 Gravity 88.3 Splatting 118 81% 96.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 SATA M.2 256GB 2,150 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 54GB free Firmware: X231306 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 253 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 4389 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8591114241 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (B7) Unknown 17 17 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 33 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	86.2% Excellent	Read 398 Write 384 Mixed 386 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 24.8 122% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 48.1 87% 173 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 95%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 546GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 100 253 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1725 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1622 (C2) HDA temperature 119 107 24 (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	90.3% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 152 Mixed 146 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.61 4K Mixed 0.38 139% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 108%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 220GB free Firmware: GG2OAH20 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 230 230 55834574849 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 3045 (05) Reallocated sector count 38 38 1601 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 18873 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 84956 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 197569085463 (C4) Reallocation count 36 36 1683 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	43.2% Average	Read 76.8 Write 73.7 Mixed 71.7 56% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.17 63% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 58%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$21 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 118GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 112 109 3375 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 481 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11528 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 47 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1196266 (C2) HDA temperature 122 112 21 (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	41.3% Average	Read 71.2 Write 72.5 Mixed 69.2 53% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.23 78% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 61%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 55 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11596 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 49 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 33 (C2) HDA temperature 119 107 24 (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	62.9% Good	Read 142 Write 76.6 Mixed 105 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.25 88% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 911GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 14% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF2X04HEEE36-12-K 2x8GB 243 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 25.8 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24.2 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 96%

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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	4,557x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
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	442x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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