Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


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 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	174% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	19.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 10:33
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 134 2-Core 261 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 741 73% 598 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6284) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 146 Parallax 129 117% 140 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 137 Splatting 109 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS1754D117-514 480GB 2,428 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 446GB free Firmware: CS111101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^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 1596 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1483 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 16 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1600 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 97 (E7) Temperature 100 100 35 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1 (EA) Unknown 0 0 26 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6845 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5164	83.1% Excellent	Read 402 Write 390 Mixed 401 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 28.3 103% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 59.6 99% 190 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 99%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1,544 Write 981 Mixed 1,307 283% 1,277 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 23.5 121% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 437 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 22 115% 263 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 283%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 126513007 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 484 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 19048150 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 137404593734460 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 476 (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 70 63 504561694 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 662 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 64424509470 (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 130433861813034 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13670154066 (F2) Unknown 100 253 388767311	95.3% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 158 Mixed 135 116% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.25 92% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 96%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 253GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 75 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896895160 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2602 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4643 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1619 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2604 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2604 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 171799412767 (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 1	66% Good	Read 121 Write 109 Mixed 109 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.8 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 101%

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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 $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