Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.98% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	152% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '18 at 21:15
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 265 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 787 79% 641 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro W4100 1,020 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 2B1E) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	6.98% Terrible	Lighting 7.97 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 10.3 6% 9.57 fps	MRender 9.1 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 12.4 8% 9.33 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.98% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 512GB 1,482 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 341GB free (System drive) Firmware: UXM6401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3129 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1681 (B1) Unknown 97 97 223 (B2) Unknown 92 92 402 (B3) Unknown 92 92 773 (B4) Unknown 92 92 9723 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0	152% Outstanding	Read 922 Write 889 Mixed 869 200% 893 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 43.7 161% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 101 120% 209 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 166%
Jmicron Generic 64GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 59GB free Firmware: 0116 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.1% Below average	Read 261 Write 174 Mixed 174 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 25.5 4K Mixed 8.13 43% 15.5 MB/s	DQ Read 57.6 DQ Write 42.2 DQ Mixed 9.41 18% 36.4 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 52%
Seagate ST8000NE0004-1ZF11G 8TB 260 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 852GB free Firmware: EN01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 152813008 (03) Spinup time 88 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 421 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 148282878 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -127968550583156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 383 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 72 66 470876188 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2104 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3246 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 60129542172 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 82 64 152813008 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 16166256902922 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15664761540 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7570708250	61.8% Good	Read 118 Write 96.1 Mixed 116 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 2.31 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.38 191% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 125%
Seagate ST4000LM016-1N2170 4TB 2,075 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 634GB free Firmware: 0003 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 126 100 1021257623 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2162 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 30089653966 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 50079318674014 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 914 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 58 370147350 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45626 (C2) HDA temperature 22 42 60129542166 (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 71919227372628 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14113798223 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14915865379	37% Below average	Read 65.9 Write 61.3 Mixed 43.5 42% 56.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 6.74 4K Mixed 0.27 161% 2.39 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.9% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.6 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 24.9 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 119%

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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	4,555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	991x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	441x
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	346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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