Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.7% 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	74.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '18 at 21:23
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 149 2-Core 295 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 581 8-Core 577 78% 579 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 330A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2352 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 118 Parallax 98.3 83% 106 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 105 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4317 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 786 (B1) Unknown 98 98 31 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 125 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16051365475	108% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 390 Mixed 421 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 46.7 162% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 125 141% 242 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 103GB free Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3976472 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 53996328849149 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 809 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 265 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 49 42952884255 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 42952884255 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3976472 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3976472 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3976472 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 47244640257 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8063 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3164 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3164 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1801 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3735597	63% Good	Read 491 Write 119 Mixed 172 56% 261 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 13.6 107% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 35.4 51% 94.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 73%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 81GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7050 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1281 (B1) Unknown 98 98 40 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 125 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21519957534	107% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 387 Mixed 413 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 46.2 162% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 108 131% 232 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Transcend TS128GMTS600 128GB 301 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0918B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th 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 100 100 727 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 780 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 49 (A3) Unknown 100 100 20 (A4) Unknown 100 100 93200 (A5) Unknown 100 100 145 (A6) Unknown 100 100 43 (A7) Unknown 100 100 91 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 98 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2399 (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 198750 (F2) Unknown 100 100 220996 (F5) Unknown 100 100 372800	74.5% Very good	Read 484 Write 148 Mixed 226 62% 286 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 30.2 123% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 60.1 81% 151 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 685GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 179588368 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2087 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8427898 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2858 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 443 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 69 66 522125343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16612 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 42949672991 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -32809255172822 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10421588121 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1094510335980	96.1% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 154 Mixed 157 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.22 81% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 335GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 154225744 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2769 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24050568 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6991 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1243 (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 68 58 555745312 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 58 58 84024 (C2) HDA temperature 32 42 38654705696 (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 112459423683452 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14652958387 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1509692427121	100% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 169 Mixed 149 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.22 97% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 128GB-$13 974 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 107GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 149 Write 107 Mixed 125 157% 127 MB/s	4K Read 4.17 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.97 133% 2.54 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 32.7 100% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 30.2 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 57.6 70% 57.6 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 118%

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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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
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	313x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $182	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) $30	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