Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '18 at 10:07
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$81 342,244 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 (98^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 441 64% 466 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 77.6 Reflection 78.5 Parallax 73.1 63% 76.4 fps	MRender 70.1 Gravity 69.6 Splatting 71.7 58% 70.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 358GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 789 Write 432 Mixed 260 108% 494 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 18.8 104% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 49.1 112% 230 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 313%
OCZ SOLID3 120GB 1,720 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 112GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 41927470789474 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1620 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1003 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6518 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6938 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6938 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14234	52.7% Above average	Read 195 Write 120 Mixed 119 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 16 114% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 29 43% 79.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 61%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 178 7391 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5058 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11069 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 448 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4976 (C2) HDA temperature 119 107 33 (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	66.8% Good	Read 110 Write 123 Mixed 114 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.19 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 181 5741 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5196 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11433 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 465 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5218 (C2) HDA temperature 120 109 30 (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	59.7% Above average	Read 111 Write 97.2 Mixed 96.4 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.27 90% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 21.5 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 20.8 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 80%

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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	4,544x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
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