Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	61.1% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '16 at 21:39
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 131 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 730 71% 582 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.4% 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 8592) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 150 Parallax 127 111% 137 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 128 Splatting 108 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SNAT128G1122 128GB 1,041 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2320000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 100 64 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 134 (A6) Unknown 100 100 8 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 43 (A9) Unknown 100 100 134 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 30 (AE) Unknown 100 100 51 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 100 176093659175 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 273 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2402 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1259 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1191	61.1% Good	Read 473 Write 173 Mixed 256 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 3.74 91% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 3.73 44% 103 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 197395008 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1777 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 4310854091 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4410 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 282 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 61 58 706215975 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16819 (C2) HDA temperature 39 42 77309411367 (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 -82708185217065 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18429541391 (F2) Unknown 100 253 564525198384	92.8% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 156 Mixed 151 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.17 66% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 113%
WD My Passport Essential USB 3.0 750GB 611 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 698GB free, PID 0730 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 85.3 Write 83.2 Mixed 80.5 107% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.15 53% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x16GB 3,147 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 23.2 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 24.2 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 79%

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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%

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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 $40Bench 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 $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