Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	122% 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	88.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 21:02
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 714 74% 597 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 3069) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22% Poor	Lighting 25.9 Reflection 24.8 Parallax 32.3 21% 27.7 fps	MRender 33 Gravity 29.6 Splatting 25.8 24% 29.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 21%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 185 Parallax 169 138% 174 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 164 Splatting 115 107% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 308GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 3 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15357 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 12 (B1) Unknown 97 97 42 (B3) Unknown 99 99 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 99 99 3 (B7) Unknown 99 99 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 96378277831	88.4% Excellent	Read 503 Write 401 Mixed 415 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 27.2 128% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 42.2 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 90.3 79% 112 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 133%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 188 9008 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11445 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13374 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8532 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 177 177 69886 (C2) HDA temperature 125 102 27 (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	79.3% Very good	Read 139 Write 138 Mixed 137 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.2 83% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 98%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 336GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 118 118 25790972225 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 24046 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 46320 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2874 (C0) Power-off retract count 80 80 25022 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 25022 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 236224446492 (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 0	57.9% Above average	Read 111 Write 91.3 Mixed 89.3 73% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.38 86% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 249GB free Firmware: JC4A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 217113629 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8566 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 49 49 12550099025026 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 40830 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1056 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 327686 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 60 437846041 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 73014444057 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 23 217113629 (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 107481556625712 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2931238381 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1464218909	53.1% Above average	Read 104 Write 80.7 Mixed 81.4 67% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.35 93% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.7 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 23.7 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 88%

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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	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
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	345x
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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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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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