Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	80.5% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160302
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '18 at 18:00
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 as expected (49^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 85.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 244 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 672 67% 544 Pts	64-Core 679 42% 679 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 104 Reflection 119 Parallax 96.2 85% 106 fps	Gravity 90 Splatting 96.2 83% 93.1 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^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 9389 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1501 (A2) Unknown 100 100 790 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3145811 (AE) Unknown 100 100 59 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 22013 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14629	80.5% Excellent	Read 515 Write 354 Mixed 353 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 9.63 99% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 29.1 79% 169 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 97%
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 65GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 9385 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1501 (A2) Unknown 100 100 465 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1376303 (AE) Unknown 100 100 54 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4076 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14128	75.4% Very good	Read 514 Write 354 Mixed 357 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 10.3 98% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 31.4 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 42.7 57% 97.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 676GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 8579160 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3730 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 155511070 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19767 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3358 (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 71 48 4816437277 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 48 48 105086 (C2) HDA temperature 29 52 -140737488355299 (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 -131541963358319 (F1) Unknown 100 253 63890601127 (F2) Unknown 100 253 123159035811	101% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 172 Mixed 163 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.32 99% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
Toshiba External USB HDD 250GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 65GB free, PID a001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 37.8 Write 41.8 Mixed 19.3 41% 33 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.25 48% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 1,097 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.7% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 21.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 20.5 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 115%

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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