Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.9% 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	93.3% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	42.1 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	12.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '17 at 19:09
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 86.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 702 72% 579 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 372.90 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 120 Parallax 112 92% 115 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 318GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2461 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 626 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 496 (EB) Unknown 99 99 87 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12854207607	93.3% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 398 Mixed 414 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 28.9 154% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 44 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 28.2 36% 60.9 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 134%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 505GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 106 101 7675 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3124 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11490 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2100 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 457 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 131 131 208964 (C2) HDA temperature 123 101 24 (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	61% Good	Read 109 Write 103 Mixed 81.2 73% 98 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.13 63% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 69%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 299GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 171 1291 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 639 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1444 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 576 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 68201 (C2) HDA temperature 124 104 23 (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	53.8% Above average	Read 91.9 Write 95.5 Mixed 107 74% 98 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.29 94% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 183GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214927048 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3910 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 8636153329 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7509 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2225 (B7) Unknown 88 88 12 (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 75 58 420675609 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 885 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25732 (C2) HDA temperature 25 42 60129542169 (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 -180388622281 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18413346293 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18383992787	102% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 163 Mixed 169 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.28 86% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK32GX4M2A2666C16 CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 CMK32GX4M2A2666C16 CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 48GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.1% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 21.9 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 22.1 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 90%

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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	4,555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	991x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	441x
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	346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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