Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	90.8% 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	99.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '17 at 18:56
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 147 2-Core 294 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 814 87% 693 Pts	64-Core 816 50% 816 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1611 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 123 Parallax 112 96% 118 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 108 Splatting 89.2 81% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 132GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 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 95 95 11107461 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -15350213102894 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1430 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 228 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 49 1017910460444 (C2) HDA temperature 28 49 1017910460444 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11107461 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11107461 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11107461 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19443 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18572 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18572 (F2) Unknown 0 0 29217	78.7% Very good	Read 499 Write 229 Mixed 311 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 11.4 124% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 62.1 91% 169 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 638 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 81 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 68 59 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3593757837	99.5% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 402 Mixed 413 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 31.1 172% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 48.5 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 30.8 39% 66.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 134%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 138 9891 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6828 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16491 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2311 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 234 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 33647 (C2) HDA temperature 123 100 29 (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 200 183 1518 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.5% Good	Read 111 Write 110 Mixed 107 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.2 96% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 162504760 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 933 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 220491 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 635 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 74 (B7) Unknown 96 96 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 97 97 12 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 67 504430622 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2233 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 55834574878 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 181 315 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -118712896061319 (F1) Unknown 100 253 221947551 (F2) Unknown 100 253 155951743	109% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 183 Mixed 163 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.24 90% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3006 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 31.6 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 31.7 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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) $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