Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.3% 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	78.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	19.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '18 at 09:03
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 (92^nd percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 249 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 679 72% 577 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Nvidia(10DE 1132) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.3% Very good	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 104 Parallax 92.9 80% 98.7 fps	MRender 83 Gravity 88.5 Splatting 78.9 68% 83.5 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 31089251 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 105080669878826 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1116 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 504 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 47 68722556954 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 68722556954 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 31089251 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 31089251 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 31089251 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 94489280513 (E9) Unknown 0 0 29162 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19585 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19585 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10659 (F4) Unknown 97 97 7798903	78.4% Very good	Read 495 Write 241 Mixed 326 78% 354 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 17.7 120% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 50.5 82% 154 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 892GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789464875 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5029 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17453 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1731 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 13735 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 13735 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 236224249887 (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 200 200 0	85.5% Excellent	Read 163 Write 135 Mixed 160 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.2 91% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 108%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 823GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 146843541 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3463 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 8611508923 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8906 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 36 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 593 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295032836 (BD) vendor-specific 49 49 51 (BE) vendor-specific 73 38 417234157595 (C2) HDA temperature 27 62 55834574875 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 21 146843541 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	64.2% Good	Read 114 Write 110 Mixed 92.9 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.52 124% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 66%
Hitachi HDT725050VLA360 500GB-$159 3,335 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 393GB free Firmware: V56OA7BA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 85 131072 (02) Throughput performance 168 100 162 (03) Spinup time 103 96 38686097893 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 13207 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 100 33 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 50309 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6000 (C0) Power-off retract count 77 77 28381 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 28381 (C2) HDA temperature 181 98 261993660449 (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 1	38.6% Below average	Read 71.2 Write 63.1 Mixed 69.4 51% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.34 94% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 40%
MD02500-BQDW-RO 250GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 170GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4639 (03) Spinup time 140 138 3975 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8329 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6148 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5884 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 234 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8094 (C2) HDA temperature 116 104 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 7 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 7 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 7	69.1% Good	Read 123 Write 118 Mixed 114 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.29 90% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 125GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 140 136 3966 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7500 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21320 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3184 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 44 639238173 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 548 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6957 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.5% Average	Read 77.5 Write 94.8 Mixed 66.4 59% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.32 97% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C16/8G Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 KHX2666C16/8G Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 32GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.3% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.7 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 22.9 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns

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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	4,545x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	841x
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	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