Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	116% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	247% 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.

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	22.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '18 at 15:44
Run Duration	415 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 87.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 258 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 690 68% 555 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 175 Parallax 157 131% 164 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 149 Splatting 110 100% 123 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 2,178 Write 1,273 Mixed 1,280 348% 1,577 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 50.4 200% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 566 DQ Write 388 DQ Mixed 209 229% 388 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 283%
Mushkin ECO2 SMI 512GB-$80 1,273 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 54GB free Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 81 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 63 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 55 (A4) Unknown 100 100 6422 (A5) Unknown 100 100 11 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 43971 (F2) Unknown 100 100 49014 (F5) Unknown 100 100 51376	91.1% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 263 Mixed 350 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 33.7 141% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 62.4 102% 196 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 97%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 7.5TB free Firmware: D781 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 189 Write 70.8 Mixed 106 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.21 148% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 92%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2TB free Firmware: 0511 Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 128 Write 96.2 Mixed 35.1 63% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 7.65 4K Mixed 0.46 227% 2.98 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 781GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 74 64 25524326 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 32 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 31575678 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 33754147986127 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 32 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 555417630 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12360 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 77309411358 (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 -34754875352972 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15188172782 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14310790118	67.4% Good	Read 115 Write 120 Mixed 110 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.25 91% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 130GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 131089002 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 61 8385434 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17355962845005 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 62 555352093 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2390 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 85899345949 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 81 64 131089002 (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 41579578393695 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9539087333 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11766195016	59% Above average	Read 116 Write 87.9 Mixed 43.3 60% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 5.8 4K Mixed 0.37 253% 2.89 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 90%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 130GB free Firmware: 9401 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Read 40.2 Write 37.5 Mixed 36.1 28% 37.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 5.92 4K Mixed 0.43 185% 2.34 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 87%
Hitachi TOURO Mobile 1TB 1,327 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 54GB free Firmware: 0 Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 58.8 Write 55.8 Mixed 52 42% 55.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.16 60% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 57%
WD Elements 1078 2TB 2,608 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 608GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	27% Poor	Read 67.3 Write 51.9 Mixed 39.1 64% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.21 74% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 43%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 501GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 66.2 Write 60.9 Mixed 61.6 80% 62.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 3.03 4K Mixed 0.36 118% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 48GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 103 Write 94.2 Mixed 93.7 123% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.17 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.04 30% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.8% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 23 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 18.7 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 94%

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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 $46

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