Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83% 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	74% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '17 at 12:31
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 580 8-Core 580 78% 580 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% PNY(196E 118B) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	2.86% Terrible	Lighting 2.83 Reflection 3.15 Parallax 4.12 2% 3.37 fps	MRender 3.95 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6 4% 4.62 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.86% Great: 4%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 115 Parallax 91.8 84% 103 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 93 Splatting 102 81% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS2754D117-488 240GB 1,955 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS211101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^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 2802 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1172 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 37 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2321 (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 95 (E7) Temperature 100 100 33 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 37 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5066 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10867	74% Very good	Read 380 Write 289 Mixed 327 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 26.5 106% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 66.5 86% 155 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 97%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 253GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 137 4050 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3395 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12514 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2396 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 97 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3297 (C2) HDA temperature 111 102 32 (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 2066 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.9% Good	Read 110 Write 106 Mixed 106 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.34 87% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 69%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$18 39,749 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 198GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 134 2100 (04) Start/Stop count 1 1 181975 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13009 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1602 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 1693 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 2012944 (C2) HDA temperature 116 95 27 (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	40% Below average	Read 70.6 Write 68.6 Mixed 68.6 52% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.2 70% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 47%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 133GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 662 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3979 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 662 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 616 (C2) HDA temperature 115 109 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	84.3% Excellent	Read 173 Write 120 Mixed 140 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.17 83% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,376 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 33.5 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 42.2 SC Mixed 31.8 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 111%

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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	4,544x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
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	312x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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) $35	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