Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85% 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	86.5% 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 (18%). 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	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '18 at 13:49
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 (97^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 727 74% 598 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 117 Parallax 107 89% 111 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 91.8 78% 95.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd 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 0 (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 100 100 7372 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 964 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2113 (AA) Unknown 100 100 539 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5570714 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C2) HDA temperature 63 53 201864773669 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 958 (DA) Unknown 100 100 958 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 21943 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17652 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10574 (F4) Unknown 100 100 85 (F5) Unknown 100 100 154 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5854400	86.5% Excellent	Read 504 Write 490 Mixed 503 112% 499 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 61.3 4K Mixed 12.2 80% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 11.1 89% 206 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 111%
Corsair Neutron XT 240GB-$170 1,466 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 51GB free Firmware: SAFC01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^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 9052 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1154 (A2) Unknown 100 100 476 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2097263 (AE) Unknown 100 100 127 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 127 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 280927 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5622 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7631	81.7% Excellent	Read 506 Write 381 Mixed 436 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 13.9 84% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 24.4 97% 215 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 115%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 211GB free Firmware: GG2OACY0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 209 209 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3329 (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 83 83 7839 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1572 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 287582 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 197569609761 (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	40.8% Average	Read 71 Write 71 Mixed 69.3 53% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.18 68% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 58%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 6GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 6333 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1780 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9350 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1168 (10) Unknown 53 147 941410984490 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1677 (C2) HDA temperature 110 102 40 (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	58% Above average	Read 101 Write 100 Mixed 95.9 75% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.82 4K Mixed 0.27 106% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.4 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24.1 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 104%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,543x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
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 $499Bench 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 $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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Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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