Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	58.5% 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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '18 at 15:58
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 (100^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 778 81% 649 Pts	64-Core 770 48% 770 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2552 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 157 Parallax 132 116% 144 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 137 Splatting 115 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 67GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9719 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1439 (B1) Unknown 98 98 15 (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 74 57 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 145 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18428439998	97.8% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 351 Mixed 357 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 31.3 149% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 105 121% 210 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 126%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 4096 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16086 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2633 (B1) Unknown 79 79 740 (B3) Unknown 99 99 2 (B5) Unknown 99 99 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 49 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 308 (F1) Unknown 99 99 103223319053	58.5% Above average	Read 500 Write 189 Mixed 161 62% 283 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 43 4K Mixed 14.7 65% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 64.7 DQ Mixed 36.1 60% 122 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 76%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 239GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 69 9216 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3328 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19571 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3365 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 22 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 52 206159609885 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 3 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 23059	77.7% Very good	Read 131 Write 140 Mixed 123 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.55 141% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 33.4 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 32.4 95% 33.2 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 104%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	4,555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	991x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	441x
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	346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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