Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	7.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '17 at 15:20
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 135 2-Core 268 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 724 72% 585 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 04A0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.5.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Lighting 82.7 Reflection 59.2 Parallax 119 67% 86.9 fps	MRender 58.8 Gravity 90.6 Splatting 74.9 62% 74.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 304GB free 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 99 99 1432 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 169 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 67 63 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1552964923
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 304GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q 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 98 98 8485 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1165 (B1) Unknown 97 97 60 (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 65 46 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24718811174
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 142GB free Firmware: OC34L5TM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1209 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2669 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 410 (64) Unknown 100 100 2390592 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 36 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 100 274879086629 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1209 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 682 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 1209 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 617 (F1) Unknown 100 100 273 (F2) Unknown 100 100 409 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1724	147% Outstanding	Read 1,276 Write 623 Mixed 767 196% 889 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 19.2 142% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 460 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 16.5 113% 264 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 159%
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14105 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1975 (E8) Unknown 100 100 29477046098 (E9) Unknown 99 0 99	103% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 404 Mixed 393 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 31.7 150% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 120 142% 248 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 617GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 6291 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4822 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22332 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2355 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 114 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 128 128 216812 (C2) HDA temperature 119 101 31 (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	49.1% Average	Read 92.5 Write 78.4 Mixed 78 62% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.14 77% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 67%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 551GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 37 Write 35.2 Mixed 15.4 35% 29.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.13 54% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 28.5 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 36.9 SC Mixed 28.9 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 118%

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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	4,579x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	845x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	601x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	473x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	317x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16