Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.3% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	13.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '16 at 20:09
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$170 588,978 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 (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 147 2-Core 275 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 795 80% 648 Pts	64-Core 808 50% 808 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1694 MHz, MLim: 1877 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Lighting 84 Reflection 81.8 Parallax 72.1 68% 79.3 fps	MRender 79.2 Gravity 75.3 Splatting 65.4 59% 73.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 460A 120GB-$88 763 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1532 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 387 (AB) Unknown 100 100 41464912 (AE) Unknown 100 100 34 (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 59 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2720 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1787 (F9) Unknown 100 100 118270294	80.3% Excellent	Read 369 Write 395 Mixed 375 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 19.8 106% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 71.4 97% 177 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 103%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 60GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2060 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 470 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 52 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 35 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4474750647	121% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 416 Mixed 423 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 52.4 196% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 108 143% 261 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
WD WD10EUCX-63YZ1Y0 1TB 870 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 850GB free Firmware: 51.0AB52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 140 (03) Spinup time 110 103 7500 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1475 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7481 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1287 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1546 (C2) HDA temperature 124 103 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	67.8% Good	Read 118 Write 118 Mixed 110 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.23 82% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Avexir DDR4-3000 CL16 4GB 4x4GB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 32.2 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 30.9 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 103% 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 - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,607x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	606x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,001x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	899x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	477x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	319x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	351x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	258x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $689

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16