Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '18 at 04:10
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 219 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 628 62% 508 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 185 Parallax 177 145% 180 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 184 Splatting 122 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 572GB free Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13135 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 428 (A5) Unknown 100 100 9044076 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 36 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1059 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 70 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 62 266289020962 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 128849936414 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1624 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2241 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2080 (F2) Unknown 253 253 14962 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	74.9% Very good	Read 498 Write 336 Mixed 268 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 36.2 4K Mixed 18.2 77% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 43.3 88% 181 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 287GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21196 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1054 (B1) Unknown 97 97 60 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 43 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 114 (F1) Unknown 99 99 59403912558
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6748 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 630 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 95 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 12126 (0A) Spinup retry count 112 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 420 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 587 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2019 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 266288955438 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 73 73 10892 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 564 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	53.6% Above average	Read 94 Write 92.6 Mixed 96.8 71% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.28 103% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 104%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 238GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 2141 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4705 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35201 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2445 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 308 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4396 (C2) HDA temperature 101 83 42 (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	76.3% Very good	Read 133 Write 134 Mixed 130 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.24 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.17 42% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-16GVR F4-2400C15-8GVR F4-2400C15-16GVR 48GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	77.2% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24.3 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 23.2 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 79%

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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	4,544x
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