Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	49.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	126% 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	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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '18 at 19:13
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 256 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 708 76% 608 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.2% Average	Lighting 61.5 Reflection 65.8 Parallax 63.4 50% 63.6 fps	MRender 68.5 Gravity 56.8 Splatting 51.8 48% 59 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 330 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 4447 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2477 (64) Unknown 100 100 5207040 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 73 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 79 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 100 266288824352 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 330 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 92 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 330 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 11348 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10278 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9107 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 7749	126% Outstanding	Read 1,184 Write 651 Mixed 807 194% 881 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 62.7 4K Mixed 11.6 103% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 9.49 64% 149 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 159%
Intel 510 Series 120GB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 106GB free Firmware: PPG4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5395 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5504 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 81 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 118129 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0	50.5% Above average	Read 430 Write 196 Mixed 274 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 48.2 4K Mixed 12.5 66% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 20.6 DQ Write 60.5 DQ Mixed 12.1 18% 31.1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 60%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 35111976 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4562 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2219884 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7781 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3685 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 76 76 24 (BE) vendor-specific 77 52 386859031 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1442 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24877 (C2) HDA temperature 23 48 42949672983 (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 127251291051199 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23565060981 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42066778382	85.4% Excellent	Read 172 Write 126 Mixed 135 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.13 55% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 953GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 43428120 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4229 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1485896 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6931 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3356 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 77 64 386859031 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1118 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23389 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 42949672983 (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 12902081761735 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8134518147 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23802133928	87.3% Excellent	Read 169 Write 136 Mixed 134 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.17 60% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 995GB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 24912 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6809 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19125830 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18095 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5315 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 91 144 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 60 403636248 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1865 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7872 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 42949672984 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 3 24912 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -47910360176032 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2381811354 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2943792699	70.9% Very good	Read 123 Write 125 Mixed 106 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.39 82% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2800 C16 2x8GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 29.7 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 38.3 SC Mixed 28.6 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 95%

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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	4,587x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	849x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	603x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	896x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	474x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	318x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	349x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16