Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.6% 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	212% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '16 at 11:15
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 (98^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 268 96% 170 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 749 74% 607 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Nvidia(10DE 1132) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 129 Parallax 117 97% 122 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 107 Splatting 92 80% 98.8 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 310GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0171 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 2,060 Write 947 Mixed 1,311 317% 1,439 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 229 4K Mixed 30.9 226% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 43.8 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 30.9 58% 108 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 230%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$69 12,601 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 281GB free Firmware: 300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 2,029 Write 1,397 Mixed 1,509 365% 1,645 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 58.7 240% 92 MB/s	DQ Read 52.7 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 274 185% 215 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 262%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 133 Write 102 Mixed 111 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 4.41 4K Mixed 0.6 180% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 87%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 132 132 25788612894 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 412 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1609 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 412 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 422 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 422 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 150324641820 (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	91% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 165 Mixed 170 123% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.2 87% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 734 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 32 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 30.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 132%

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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	4,571x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $742

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16