Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.5% 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	88% 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	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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 15 '17 at 08:42
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 848 86% 699 Pts	64-Core 850 53% 850 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 121 Parallax 105 101% 117 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 107 Splatting 105 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
GOODRAM 240GB 8,481 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM22.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 429 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 357 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 745 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524314 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128849018910 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1626	88% Excellent	Read 506 Write 431 Mixed 478 105% 471 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 13 101% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 57.6 107% 210 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 176419944 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 424 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3780400 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 402 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 344 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 55 403898392 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3447 (C2) HDA temperature 24 45 60129542168 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -27784143437607 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3071482176 (F2) Unknown 100 253 78255710485	90.4% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 140 Mixed 127 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.28 63% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 895GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 149288591 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1005 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24442143 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1025 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 876 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 18 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 58 420675609 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1012 (C2) HDA temperature 25 11 47244640281 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 149288591 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -28458453302299 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4134853228 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5222703367	91.1% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 132 Mixed 131 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 0.65 4K Mixed 0.21 61% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 33.5 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 45.1 SC Mixed 32.4 96% 33.6 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

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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	4,546x
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