Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	41.8% 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	238% 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 @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '17 at 10:43
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 (99^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 274 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 708 73% 588 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.43 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.8% Average	Lighting 47.2 Reflection 55 Parallax 176 38% 92.6 fps	MRender 67.7 Gravity 47.4 Splatting 61.6 48% 58.9 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 2,751 Write 1,008 Mixed 1,291 368% 1,683 MB/s	4K Read 56.7 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 26.1 189% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 27 89% 191 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 20GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19173 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1780 (B1) Unknown 91 91 98 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 76 59 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 186 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35815544133	81.9% Excellent	Read 508 Write 350 Mixed 352 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 22.2 128% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 42.2 DQ Write 90.2 DQ Mixed 69.9 52% 67.4 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 15GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7461 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 540 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 77 61 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 20 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10798871104	107% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 414 Mixed 422 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 45.2 176% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 45.4 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 114 100% 141 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 134%
Seagate ST2000DM001-9YN164 4TB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 167 167 6616 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 37 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1421 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 45 (C2) HDA temperature 126 113 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	103% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 172 Mixed 152 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.28 118% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 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 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 165 165 6708 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 37 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1421 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 45 (C2) HDA temperature 127 119 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	95.1% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 158 Mixed 156 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.27 116% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 676GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 96576920 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2054 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 57 8604246829 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16178 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1263 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 60 454033432 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 891 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11789 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 42949672984 (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 87647397621998 (F1) Unknown 100 253 40787811507 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30002563334	99.3% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 160 Mixed 166 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.35 98% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 114%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 161GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 6308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 903 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12597 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 895 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8659 (C2) HDA temperature 128 117 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	46.8% Average	Read 85.9 Write 77.1 Mixed 76.9 60% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.16 65% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 56GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 6200 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 902 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12562 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 894 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8232 (C2) HDA temperature 126 114 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	41.3% Average	Read 75.6 Write 68.1 Mixed 70.1 54% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.18 88% 1 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 44.1 MC Mixed 30.1 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 45.8 SC Mixed 32.8 96% 33.8 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 115%

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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	4,551x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	596x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	890x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	439x
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	344x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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