Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 107%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '18 at 21:04
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-7700K-$300 165,855 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	SC Int 138 SC Float 144 SC Mixed 140 113% 141 Pts	QC Int 519 QC Float 548 QC Mixed 547 122% 538 Pts	MC Int 697 MC Float 794 MC Mixed 749 112% 747 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 109%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$750 154,603 User benchmarks, average bench 153% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (164 fps cap detected)	61.1% Good	Lighting 164 Reflection 164 Parallax 164 51% 164 fps	MRender 164 Gravity 163 Splatting 164 69% 164 fps
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 177%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$121 217,350 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 222GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1698 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 713 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 70 62 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 56 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13495738999	114% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 401 Mixed 416 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 41.1 184% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 104 130% 231 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$28 8,200 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 208GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 97 0 (03) Spinup time 77 77 7790 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 6747 (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 96 96 21836 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6486 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 97 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 690 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 84 60 269484048 (C2) HDA temperature 81 59 319750163 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 69895 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 11 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 72 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	61.4% Good	Read 103 Write 111 Mixed 114 83% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.45 115% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$181 21,019 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled	73.2% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 20.2 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 23.8 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 108%

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Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 69%

Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $182

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $328Bench 89%, 196,722 samples	8,902x
Core i5-6600KIntel $216Bench 86%, 122,883 samples	1,888x
Core i7-7700KIntel $300Bench 97%, 165,855 samples	911x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $500Bench 124%, 259,261 samples	2,852x
GTX 1070Nvidia $413Bench 99%, 300,805 samples	2,365x
GTX 980 TiNvidia $550Bench 97%, 70,833 samples	1,375x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 105%, 289,462 samples	1,467x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $121Bench 113%, 217,350 samples	1,405x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $353Bench 187%, 18,228 samples	632x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $176Bench 83%, 81,194 samples	1,018x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $197Bench 90%, 50,520 samples	589x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $145Bench 72%, 22,951 samples	416x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,286

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $320	Nvidia GTX 1070 $413	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $100
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $150	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $290	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $121
Intel Core i7-7700K $300	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $160

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $176	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $44
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $74	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $951	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $59	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $219	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12