Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	71% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.1% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '18 at 20:24
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 499 67% 498 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71% Very good	Lighting 111 Reflection 38.3 Parallax 31.1 90% 60.1 fps	MRender 47 Gravity 33.2 Splatting 42.3 33% 40.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 131GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11699 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2231 (B1) Unknown 98 98 33 (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 65 53 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 26 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4524416758
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Intel 510 Series 120GB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: PPG2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (25^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 (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 16339 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6204 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 162 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 40581 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 91 91 0	50.1% Above average	Read 263 Write 203 Mixed 230 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 44.5 4K Mixed 19.3 79% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 84.1 DQ Write 61.2 DQ Mixed 30.1 34% 58.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 60%
Jmicron Generic DISK00 320GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 158GB free Firmware: 0103 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 87.4 Write 85.4 Mixed 79.3 63% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.43 106% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 50%
Jmicron Generic DISK02 300GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 107GB free Firmware: 0103 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75% Very good	Read 136 Write 125 Mixed 112 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 3.12 4K Mixed 0.54 164% 1.59 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 83%
Jmicron Generic DISK01 150GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 101GB free Firmware: 0103 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.2% Average	Read 77.8 Write 82.9 Mixed 76.7 60% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.44 123% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 34.4 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 42.2 SC Mixed 29.9 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 104%

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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	4,586x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	848x
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	895x
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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	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