Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	134% 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	207% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '17 at 11:38
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 257 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 707 72% 581 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 208 Parallax 178 156% 192 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 179 Splatting 128 118% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,950 Write 854 Mixed 1,081 284% 1,295 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 29.8 208% 86.4 MB/s	DQ Read 441 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 182 190% 315 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 40GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7053 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1305 (B1) Unknown 99 99 45 (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 68 51 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 375 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14815382694	122% Outstanding	Read 529 Write 502 Mixed 514 115% 515 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 44.3 179% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 163 176% 293 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 543GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1442 (03) Spinup time 174 167 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2954 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9784 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1818 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 638 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2374 (C2) HDA temperature 108 96 35 (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	87.1% Excellent	Read 150 Write 153 Mixed 154 115% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.22 100% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 292GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 176 172 2175 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3110 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4651 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 867 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 325 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2784 (C2) HDA temperature 107 93 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.6% Very good	Read 135 Write 128 Mixed 121 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.33 112% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 1,097 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 29.6 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 28.3 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 115%

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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 $300	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