Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 146% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 125% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	144% 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	52.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '17 at 22:52
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 584 8-Core 851 90% 718 Pts	64-Core 850 53% 850 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Lighting 206 Reflection 224 Parallax 198 168% 209 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 200 Splatting 143 131% 162 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 17GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 28734 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 485 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 82 45 18 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 165 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7881207562	81.4% Excellent	Read 488 Write 336 Mixed 356 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 35.8 4K Mixed 21.4 94% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 94.7 125% 230 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 126%
Intel 510 Series 120GB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: PPG4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11184 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 741 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 81 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 120674 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 88 88 0	52.6% Above average	Read 406 Write 198 Mixed 270 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 35.6 4K Mixed 17.9 69% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 82.3 DQ Write 60.5 DQ Mixed 29.8 34% 57.6 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 60%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 89GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 6100 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16979 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 30 30 51124 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1545 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 435 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16906 (C2) HDA temperature 127 90 23 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45.9% Average	Read 79.4 Write 80.2 Mixed 81.6 61% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.28 86% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 171 4416 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9005 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 37168 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1054 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 393 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8611 (C2) HDA temperature 125 97 22 (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 1	41.1% Average	Read 74.4 Write 68.6 Mixed 70.2 54% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.36 110% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FAD 2x8GB 2,922 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 28.2 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 28.4 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 94%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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