Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.8% 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	76.7% 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	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	13.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '17 at 02:14
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 248 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 692 69% 563 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 110 Parallax 96.2 87% 104 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 100 Splatting 99.9 80% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 925 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 348 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 413 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393253 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3688	76.7% Very good	Read 513 Write 355 Mixed 342 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 9.85 103% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 33.7 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 27.3 51% 95 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 97%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 6729 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 60 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 211 (0A) Spinup retry count 101 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 60 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 60 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219044577324 (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 100 100 211 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 574 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	102% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 176 Mixed 170 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 3.68 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.26 224% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 260GB free Firmware: 03.03E03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 135 132 4208 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 948 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6384 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 946 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 769 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 948 (C2) HDA temperature 99 92 44 (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	54.5% Above average	Read 94.8 Write 94.9 Mixed 94.4 71% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.46 117% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 58%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 201 191 941 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1131 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3816 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1106 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1001 (C2) HDA temperature 97 90 46 (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 200 180 341077 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	36% Below average	Read 65.8 Write 59.3 Mixed 59.8 46% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.34 98% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 61%
Seagate Expansion 1.5TB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 360GB free, PID 231a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 84.8 Write 92.7 Mixed 87.3 115% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.29 75% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,409 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.8% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 23 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 24 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 112%

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

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $242Bench 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 $134	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