Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	82.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '18 at 22:34
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 147 2-Core 283 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 801 81% 657 Pts	64-Core 791 49% 791 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 199 Parallax 181 149% 188 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 178 Splatting 127 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SBBU480G1122 480GB 1,863 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 185GB free Firmware: Z3106000 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 0 100 2373 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 757 (A5) Unknown 100 100 790292594958 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 225 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 47 227633266730 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 386550136922 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1580 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5038 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2272 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5092 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	78.8% Very good	Read 480 Write 424 Mixed 268 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 0.04 88% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 0.06 66% 156 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 67%
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 111GB free Firmware: R211 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4140321 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 98672578669289 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2231 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1267 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 37 64426934303 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4140321 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4140321 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4140321 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11087 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9604 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9604 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13223	71.9% Very good	Read 482 Write 140 Mixed 212 60% 278 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 19.5 132% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 39.4 55% 101 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 81%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7530 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2235 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 135 (A9) Unknown 100 100 312 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 55 (AE) Unknown 100 100 219 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 71 304943923235 (D4) Unknown 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 339 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 14522 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6991 (F2) Unknown 253 253 14100 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	82.4% Excellent	Read 420 Write 306 Mixed 292 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 16.9 124% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 41.9 88% 183 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 99%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 236GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 159 4825 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12487 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17570 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5523 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 424 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12425 (C2) HDA temperature 112 79 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 200 198 430 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.6% Average	Read 83.2 Write 64.9 Mixed 76.7 57% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.4 97% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 4x4GB 505 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3535 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 40.3 MC Write 43.6 MC Mixed 35.8 114% 39.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 46.6 SC Mixed 34.1 99% 34.8 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%

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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 $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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