Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	42.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	51.1% 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	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '18 at 22:25
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 279 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 782 77% 629 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3081) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.3 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.7% Average	Lighting 46.9 Reflection 54.6 Parallax 53 38% 51.5 fps	MRender 59 Gravity 46.8 Splatting 76.6 51% 60.8 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.4.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 58210461 (05) Reallocated sector count 74 74 2 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -1125281417700 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4029 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 2343 (B1) Unknown 0 0 95 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 55 1009320919070 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 58210461 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 58210461 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 58210461 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 64424509440 (E9) Unknown 0 0 28440 (EA) Unknown 0 0 29969 (F1) Unknown 0 0 29969 (F2) Unknown 0 0 24811	51.1% Above average	Read 367 Write 103 Mixed 170 46% 213 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 13.5 85% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 37.4 52% 93.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 82%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB-$63 6,344 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1.5TB free Firmware: MKAOAA10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 92 (03) Spinup time 124 124 51580174959 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3097 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 10 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 30 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12520 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2544 (C0) Power-off retract count 86 86 16910 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 16910 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 219044118556 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 10 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	87.1% Excellent	Read 172 Write 131 Mixed 150 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.33 101% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 33.5 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 31.3 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

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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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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