Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.2% 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	36.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '18 at 15:45
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (53^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 238 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 645 65% 530 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82% 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 CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.2% Very good	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 104 Parallax 92.5 80% 98.6 fps	MRender 85.6 Gravity 95.6 Splatting 80.2 71% 87.1 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1162 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 278 (B1) Unknown 92 92 36 (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 50 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 57 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12883681710	36.9% Below average	Read 464 Write 58.9 Mixed 106 45% 210 MB/s	4K Read 6.34 4K Write 26.8 4K Mixed 5.91 31% 13 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 50.7 DQ Mixed 22.1 43% 89.8 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$59 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 167 4408 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 345 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1108 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 272 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14544 (C2) HDA temperature 124 115 23 (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	80.9% Excellent	Read 150 Write 132 Mixed 130 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.21 90% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 84%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 2GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 85.6 Write 95.3 Mixed 75.1 110% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.19 78% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GB 4,019 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.7% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.4 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 17.9 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 113%

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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 $280	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