Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.7% 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	70.2% 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 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '18 at 20:34
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 227 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 621 62% 508 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 140 Parallax 117 100% 126 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 128 Splatting 107 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 21479627 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 -118145960362168 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 90 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 65 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 41 64427196446 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 64427196446 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 21479627 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 21479627 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 21479627 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 115964116993 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22055 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19406 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19406 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7231 (F4) Unknown 98 98 5505108	70.2% Very good	Read 482 Write 182 Mixed 262 68% 309 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 17.1 114% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 14.5 48% 108 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 368GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 17280608 (03) Spinup time 96 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5266 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19720927 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16205 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 91 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 555679776 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 42103 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 60129542176 (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 -61083024874700 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18290324523 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42951045362	91.3% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 138 Mixed 162 121% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.17 67% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 113%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 268GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 96 20344788 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 13167 (05) Reallocated sector count 82 82 741 (07) Seek error rate 42 42 19366081521629 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 44790 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2392 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 47 47 53 (BC) Unknown 100 93 412323217518 (BD) vendor-specific 67 67 33 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 538902560 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 55834574880 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 33 20344788 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 150 11534 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 45475113777236 (F1) Unknown 100 253 228089545 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3984564314	55.8% Above average	Read 106 Write 88.9 Mixed 70.4 66% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.3 78% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 56%
Hitachi HCS5C1010CLA382 1TB 2,229 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 221GB free Firmware: JC4OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 154 154 17198219436 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 16507 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 40586 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2138 (C0) Power-off retract count 80 80 24214 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 24214 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 184684576799 (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 200 200 9806	38.3% Below average	Read 76.2 Write 57.5 Mixed 73.7 52% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.2 50% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB 1,424 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 40.7 MC Write 42.9 MC Mixed 30.3 108% 38 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 43.2 SC Mixed 32 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 47.9 84% 47.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 116%

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Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

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