Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 99.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.2% 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	113% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '17 at 19:18
Run Duration	511 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 158 2-Core 303 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 863 87% 708 Pts	64-Core 865 54% 865 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 117 Parallax 101 91% 110 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8753 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 311 (B1) Unknown 97 97 54 (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 57 48 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 44 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20735413446	113% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 414 Mixed 418 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 39.5 179% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 90.2 126% 234 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 19GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6074 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 191 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 60 55 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1120554486	119% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 403 Mixed 416 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 48.4 196% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 108 140% 255 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 115%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 836GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 208 146 8558 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 283 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8499 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 276 (10) Unknown 8 192 150996872437 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 214 (C2) HDA temperature 117 103 35 (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	77.5% Very good	Read 140 Write 130 Mixed 134 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.27 105% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 100%
Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 1TB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 760GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 172 1758 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 115 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4141 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 115 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 166 (C2) HDA temperature 113 106 30 (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	99.9% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 163 Mixed 151 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.34 122% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 733GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 25447664 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 525 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 150843234848 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18527 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 508 (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 68 55 39193346080 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 90 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 14 14 172569 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 -140737488355296 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 32 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 32 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -117600499519737 (F1) Unknown 100 253 124265354695 (F2) Unknown 100 253 135000340493	77.9% Very good	Read 137 Write 135 Mixed 124 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.32 96% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 113%
Hitachi HTS547550A9E384 500GB-$60 23,997 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 404GB free Firmware: JE3AD70F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 229 229 51539607553 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2946 (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 64 64 15892 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2935 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 2967822401587 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 26 26 745483 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 219043921954 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 83 83 5242888 (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 (FE) Unknown 69 69 4294975238	44.2% Average	Read 77.4 Write 76.6 Mixed 77 58% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.2 68% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 50%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 401GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 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 198 198 5410 (03) Spinup time 253 161 1266 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4087 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45488 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 722 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 186 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 387689 (C2) HDA temperature 117 102 33 (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 14 (C8) Write error rate 195 190 1347	39.7% Below average	Read 50.1 Write 88.2 Mixed 60.8 50% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.11 53% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 123GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 110074328 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5823 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 25376937 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21506 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 545 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 555483168 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 227271 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 73014444064 (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 -107704894878668 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30510773824 (F2) Unknown 100 253 27862988981	103% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 176 Mixed 161 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.28 83% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
SanDisk 32GB 315 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 30GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	7.79% Terrible	Read 21 Write 2.91 Mixed 5.76 9% 9.91 MB/s	4K Read 4.65 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 1.17 90% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.79% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 31 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 30.8 92% 32 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 106%

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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 $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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: 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 $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