Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.2% 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	114% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	23.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '18 at 21:12
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 277 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 534 70% 525 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 112 Parallax 96.6 90% 106 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 98.4 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 372GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 20 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1288 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1674 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 181 (B4) Unknown 0 0 5581 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 49 219044446240 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3431599931 (F7) Unknown 100 100 107251419 (F8) Unknown 100 100 23943527	89.1% Excellent	Read 510 Write 400 Mixed 391 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 25.8 121% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 38.5 70% 135 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 105%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 175GB free Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 9196 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1869 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 49 (A8) Unknown 100 100 30 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1046 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 277 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 55 236224708642 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 13 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2475 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1857 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5747 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	107% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 488 Mixed 465 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 30.1 141% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 64.6 123% 247 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9560 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1879 (B1) Unknown 96 96 85 (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 60 39 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 175 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35401192328	114% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 415 Mixed 422 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 46.4 177% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 105 135% 245 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 184GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 66744816 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2697 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 63456988 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9371 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1872 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 68 42 825188876320 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20986 (C2) HDA temperature 32 58 77309411360 (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 -136000139419714 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14754910376 (F2) Unknown 100 253 60603575166	80.1% Excellent	Read 149 Write 130 Mixed 115 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.18 65% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 2x16GB 6,222 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 29.5 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 35.7 SC Mixed 26.1 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 102%

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Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

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