Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.7% 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	254% 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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	May 24 '18 at 09:42
Run Duration	280 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 579 76% 572 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 118 Parallax 98.8 90% 109 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 2,811 Write 984 Mixed 1,281 369% 1,692 MB/s	4K Read 52 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 40.9 205% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 549 DQ Write 395 DQ Mixed 198 222% 381 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 PRO 256GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 129GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2180 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1013 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 71 48 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 125 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8297030786	120% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 502 Mixed 512 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 45.5 174% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 163 168% 274 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 120%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 6258 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2079 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4646 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2011 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 312 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18227 (C2) HDA temperature 122 99 28 (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	66.1% Good	Read 114 Write 116 Mixed 107 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.25 108% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 84%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 606GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 71 71 9550 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3406 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7565 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3234 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 84 56 269418512 (C2) HDA temperature 81 52 319750163 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 239242 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	39.1% Below average	Read 65.5 Write 70.6 Mixed 66.5 51% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.35 78% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 491GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 186489678 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 109 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 2993373 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -34011846016731 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 109 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 68 437583898 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 630 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 77309411354 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 83 64 186489678 (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 128531191300301 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7926551617 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1556970222	47.7% Average	Read 108 Write 56.6 Mixed 61 56% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.37 4K Write 4.49 4K Mixed 0.46 275% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 90%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 358GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 152 145 3375 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6725 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1968 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2257 (BF) G-sense error rate 73 73 27 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1558 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 28124 (C2) HDA temperature 119 101 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	38.8% Below average	Read 67.5 Write 67.5 Mixed 74.1 53% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.32 74% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 43%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 319GB free Firmware: GH2OA500 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 222 222 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2169 (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 85 85 6584 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2121 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 12259 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 244813791260 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 86 86 6546 (F1) Unknown 100 100 52432463183 (F2) Unknown 99 99 97258072379 (FE) Unknown 100 100 129	54% Above average	Read 115 Write 73.8 Mixed 98.6 72% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.19 56% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 72%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 68GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 139 (03) Spinup time 113 113 25792151889 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 676 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 129 129 30 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 810 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 605 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1844 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1844 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 210454446111 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	30.6% Below average	Read 56.3 Write 50.2 Mixed 50.3 39% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.4 96% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 30.6 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 27.7 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 95%

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Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

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