Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.2% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '17 at 12:25
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 150 2-Core 295 100% 180 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 796 79% 644 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1606 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.11.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Lighting 79.1 Reflection 65.8 Parallax 95.5 64% 80.1 fps	MRender 65.1 Gravity 64.8 Splatting 84.2 60% 71.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green SATA M.2 120GB-$47 6,576 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 50GB free Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2880 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 388 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8602124424 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 79 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 37 270582939693 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 193277657151 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 534 (EA) Unknown 100 100 638 (F1) Unknown 253 253 464 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1463 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	54.6% Above average	Read 470 Write 208 Mixed 233 66% 304 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 29.8 4K Mixed 3.76 58% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 3.4 45% 108 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 73%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10655 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 795 (B1) Unknown 94 94 115 (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 65 59 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 81 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20657912332	83.2% Excellent	Read 376 Write 327 Mixed 325 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 31.5 125% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 106 113% 189 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 115%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 802GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 193911056 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 678 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 61340573 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9865 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 955 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 521994270 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3495 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 60129542174 (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 -9560597190032 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11379334493 (F2) Unknown 100 253 698916041545	89.4% Excellent	Read 132 Write 178 Mixed 135 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 5.27 4K Mixed 0.78 220% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 112%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 712GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 127 (03) Spinup time 184 160 5783 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4252 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23732 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2582 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 412 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 305231 (C2) HDA temperature 121 87 29 (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	31.9% Below average	Read 55.9 Write 54.9 Mixed 54.8 42% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.25 91% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 65%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 327GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 187 154 5641 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5436 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18595 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4769 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 143 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5414 (C2) HDA temperature 120 92 30 (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	39.9% Below average	Read 71.1 Write 67.8 Mixed 71.8 53% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.22 73% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 28.4 98% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 30.8 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 103%

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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 $241Bench 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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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