Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.2% 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	116% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 29 '18 at 21:00
Run Duration	332 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 147 2-Core 287 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 792 78% 636 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2577 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 106 Reflection 150 Parallax 114 87% 124 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 132 Splatting 116 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ VT180 960GB-$230 91 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 474GB free Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2994 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 425 (AB) Unknown 100 100 249242960 (AE) Unknown 100 100 73 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 6 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2051 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1970 (F9) Unknown 100 100 67984950	112% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 493 Mixed 497 112% 504 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 34 151% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 82 136% 263 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 111%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 343GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5464 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1094 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (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 58 50 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 166 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19031508823	116% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 414 Mixed 420 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 50 185% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 116 134% 233 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 134%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 233GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3341 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 501 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 151 (C2) HDA temperature 60 47 227634380840 (F1) Unknown 100 100 120623	81.2% Excellent	Read 516 Write 351 Mixed 351 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 9.82 96% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 3.84 75% 182 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 101%
JMicron 120GB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 111GB free Firmware: 9122 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 417 Write 395 Mixed 410 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 38.3 4K Mixed 20.9 81% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 61.5 DQ Write 52.6 DQ Mixed 28.6 29% 47.6 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 62%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 905GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 139 139 81604378625 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2290 (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 85 85 6655 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 486 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 18188 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 249107972132 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	62.9% Good	Read 107 Write 113 Mixed 109 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.21 73% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 75%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 901GB free Firmware: AX001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2522 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2498 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 736 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 4576 (0A) Spinup retry count 149 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 891 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 14059 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 197569019942 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 22 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1536 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 359 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 265 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	36.1% Below average	Read 25.8 Write 99.9 Mixed 96.1 57% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 62%
JMicron 500GB 545 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 465GB free Firmware: 9122 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 120 Write 107 Mixed 101 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 4.93 4K Mixed 0.61 204% 2.21 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB 1,302 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 29.1 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 38.3 SC Mixed 22.2 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 115%

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Gaming 86%

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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 $45Bench 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 $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 $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