Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	169% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '18 at 22:53
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 271 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 752 80% 637 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1757 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.7% Above average	Lighting 65.6 Reflection 68.8 Parallax 61.8 54% 65.4 fps	MRender 74.1 Gravity 61.7 Splatting 55 51% 63.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Cx2-8b512-q11 NVMe LITEON 512GB 1,201 User benchmarks, average bench 181% 230GB free (System drive) Firmware: 489110C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 1,758 Write 893 Mixed 1,185 282% 1,279 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 29.1 125% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 38.2 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 85.8 81% 119 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 229%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 222GB free Firmware: SAFM02.H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 3688 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1136 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 386 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1900613 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 196 (C2) HDA temperature 69 52 206159216671 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7574 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6173 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6135 (F4) Unknown 100 100 29 (F5) Unknown 100 100 69 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2044800	83.4% Excellent	Read 505 Write 493 Mixed 496 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 13.5 92% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 35.7 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 55.1 71% 119 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 111%
WD Black 2.5" 320GB (2013)-$67 4,092 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 234GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 138 1283 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3167 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18221 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2562 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 231 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1208 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 66658 (C2) HDA temperature 116 88 27 (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	60.3% Good	Read 102 Write 108 Mixed 98 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.39 97% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3030 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 27.6 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 30.9 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 101%

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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 - $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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