Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.5% 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	110% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '17 at 18:57
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 139 2-Core 266 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 735 75% 604 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.5% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 135 Parallax 127 104% 130 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 122 Splatting 99.2 89% 109 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3983 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1764 (B1) Unknown 98 98 37 (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 64 42 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 533 (F1) Unknown 99 99 40404546930	110% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 398 Mixed 417 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 37.8 173% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 115 138% 242 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
Hectron HECX1-500G 500GB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 165GB free Firmware: H1AB02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 59 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1191 (A0) Unknown 100 100 8 (A1) Unknown 100 100 218 (A3) Unknown 100 100 5 (A4) Unknown 100 100 30621 (A5) Unknown 100 100 33 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 14 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 120 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 52 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 14563 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 7 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 146634 (F2) Unknown 100 100 238018 (F5) Unknown 100 100 244968	100% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 393 Mixed 443 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 40.8 160% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 32.9 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 60.2 76% 126 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%
Drevo X1-240G 240GB 516 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 142GB free Firmware: D1DB11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 579 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 33 (A3) Unknown 100 100 328 (94) Unknown 100 100 18540 (95) Unknown 100 100 299 (96) Unknown 100 100 109 (97) Unknown 100 100 261 (A4) Unknown 100 100 8570 (A5) Unknown 100 100 24 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43031900258332 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 30846 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18539 (F5) Unknown 100 100 50616 (F6) Unknown 100 100 37080 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	108% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 383 Mixed 447 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 44.6 166% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 83.7 118% 215 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 95%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 30GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,939 Write 896 Mixed 1,086 287% 1,307 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 198 4K Mixed 52.4 248% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 53.8 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 192 146% 189 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 243%
Seagate ST31000524NS 1TB-$54 5,596 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 538GB free Firmware: KA05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 67 63 5934918 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2744 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 26149310487 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24508 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 840 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590131203 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 689373219 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 202 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2122 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 64424509475 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 29 5934918 (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 135231340309230 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3122908749 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3711849509	69.8% Good	Read 123 Write 120 Mixed 119 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 221GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 256334800 (03) Spinup time 93 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5266 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12930128871 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8977 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3378 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BC) Unknown 100 98 21475360780 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 64 40 11575643078692 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1304 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5627 (C2) HDA temperature 36 60 64424509476 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 13 256334800 (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 -43460774058057 (F1) Unknown 100 253 794871717 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4224443420	56% Above average	Read 91.3 Write 104 Mixed 83.4 70% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.11 38% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$103 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 27.3 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 24.9 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 114%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	4,583x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	847x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	602x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	474x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	317x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16