Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	118% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '17 at 07:32
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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-$241 712,312 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 (97^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 77.7 1-Core 156 2-Core 312 97% 182 Pts	4-Core 580 8-Core 840 89% 710 Pts	64-Core 853 53% 853 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 170 Parallax 134 125% 152 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 174 Splatting 129 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 11192685670183 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 518 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 503 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 105 105 10177760 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 503 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 206565 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 56 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 206565 (F2) Unknown 100 100 263913 (F9) Unknown 100 100 6884	55.4% Above average	Read 373 Write 159 Mixed 205 54% 246 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 13.1 93% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 34.3 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 33.9 42% 71.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 88%
Mushkin Chronos 240GB-$99 690 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 11GB free Firmware: 504ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 107 15075912 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 94222992572875 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1055 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 219 (B1) Unknown 0 0 14 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 67 55838965793 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15075912 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15075912 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15075912 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 28082 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14987 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14987 (F2) Unknown 0 0 30587	49.5% Average	Read 213 Write 153 Mixed 110 35% 158 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 14.2 84% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 33.1 60% 119 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 91%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 931GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 148 148 21499740555 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5746 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 52661 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1363 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6811 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6811 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 304943530021 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 95 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	57.1% Above average	Read 101 Write 98.4 Mixed 104 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.32 82% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 467GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 220972616 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1103 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19162784 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8422 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 994 (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 68 47 689897504 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 117 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 50005 (C2) HDA temperature 32 53 60129542176 (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 126826089287133 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4761866239 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1365705164	90.2% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 154 Mixed 148 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.17 80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2885 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.7% Average	MC Read 11.9 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 19.7 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 13.3 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 84.8 47% 84.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 103%

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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 $241Bench 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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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