Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% 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	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	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '17 at 15:13
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 236 88% 153 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 722 72% 588 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 372.54 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 78.5 Parallax 67.3 64% 74.6 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 69.8 Splatting 72 58% 70.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 1TB-$700 1,628 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 370GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 26182 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 66 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8892 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 51 210454642720 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 45769754381 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1447126012 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3064063992	111% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 471 Mixed 466 108% 485 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 37.3 151% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 81.6 135% 261 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 109%
WD My Book 1140 1TB 1,745 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 624GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	41% Average	Read 107 Write 90 Mixed 73 111% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.15 70% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CM4X8GC3000C15K4 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CM4X8GC3000C15K4 32GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 31.9 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 39.8 SC Mixed 30.8 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 100%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $133	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