Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 154% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 133% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	146% 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	175% 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	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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '17 at 23:31
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 161 2-Core 322 106% 194 Pts	4-Core 613 8-Core 890 94% 751 Pts	64-Core 889 55% 889 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696); EVGA GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 11G-P4-6696-KR CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Lighting 209 Reflection 224 Parallax 199 170% 210 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 203 Splatting 141 132% 163 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$84 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 267GB free Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 122 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4587566 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 379 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 65 279174184992 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 55834574861 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 465 (EA) Unknown 100 100 503 (F1) Unknown 253 253 493 (F2) Unknown 253 253 369 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	73.3% Very good	Read 476 Write 229 Mixed 301 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 16.7 99% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 41.8 90% 186 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 107%
WD Blue 500GB-$84 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 188GB free Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 300 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 174 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6291527 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 39 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 592 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 55 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 46 197569806367 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 85900263444 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 718 (EA) Unknown 100 100 782 (F1) Unknown 253 253 759 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2100 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	72.9% Very good	Read 498 Write 310 Mixed 280 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 9.22 79% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 45.8 93% 191 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 107%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 97GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6181 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3218 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 72 58 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 86 86 13974 (EB) Unknown 99 99 762 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2808319870	90.1% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 342 Mixed 350 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 23.6 123% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 18.6 91% 209 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 118%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 1,839 Write 1,030 Mixed 1,369 312% 1,413 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 83 4K Mixed 23.1 116% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 35.5 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 26.4 37% 64.2 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 185%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 312GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8283 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5955 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7414 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4253 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1799 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4155 (C2) HDA temperature 119 103 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.7% Good	Read 101 Write 110 Mixed 112 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.37 100% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 27,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3395 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 29.4 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 24 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 32.8 96% 33.7 GB/s	Latency 47.3 85% 47.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%

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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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
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	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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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) $30	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