Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '17 at 14:05
Run Duration	307 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 105 2-Core 206 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 407 54% 406 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 73.9 Parallax 74.6 64% 75.6 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 73.5 59% 72.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2320000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 100 836 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1005 (A6) Unknown 100 100 158 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 209 (A9) Unknown 100 100 82 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 200 (AE) Unknown 100 100 87 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 100 240518168610 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1868 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 18112 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7547 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7879	60.5% Good	Read 477 Write 172 Mixed 255 66% 302 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 3.59 83% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 26.4 63% 131 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 71%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 125GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 168 2433 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3020 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6402 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1001 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10377 (C2) HDA temperature 119 108 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	88.3% Excellent	Read 178 Write 130 Mixed 144 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.33 116% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 9GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 37 Write 4.36 Mixed 11.1 16% 17.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.82 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.91 92% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR2 2x8GB 2,319 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 25.6 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 22.9 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 79%

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

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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