Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.1% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '17 at 18:44
Run Duration	406 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 134 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 750 76% 613 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 113 Parallax 95 82% 103 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 99.3 79% 95.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1.5TB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5892 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 82 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 68 56 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 29 (F1) Unknown 99 99 981050732	112% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 418 Mixed 426 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 38.2 178% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 30.6 90% 192 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 135%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 831GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5727 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 112 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 59 45 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 52 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13669275471	102% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 416 Mixed 427 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 34.5 175% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 47.3 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 30.4 38% 64.5 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 135%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 386GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5644 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 81 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 56 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 28 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3364013543	107% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 416 Mixed 428 101% 456 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 36.2 178% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 47.3 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 183 136% 172 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 135%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 184 100 9758 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2200 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4992 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 74 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 2172 (C2) HDA temperature 114 106 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0
Poor: 61% Great: 118%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 187 100 9633 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1052 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5623 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 77 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 988 (C2) HDA temperature 118 108 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0
Poor: 61% Great: 118%
Inateck 1TB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 925GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 116 Write 115 Mixed 94 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 54% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 78%
WDC WD50 01FZWX-00ZHUA0 5TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 4.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 308 Mixed 112 264% 198 MB/s	4K Read 6.73 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.38 62% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 96%
WDC WD50 01FZWX-00ZHUA0 5TB 4.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	93.1% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 293 Mixed 123 262% 198 MB/s	4K Read 4.53 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.36 56% 1.89 MB/s

WDC WD50 01FZWX-00ZHUA0 5TB 4TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	83.7% Excellent	Read 154 Write 269 Mixed 105 234% 176 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.31 43% 1.08 MB/s

WDC WD50 01FZWX-00ZHUA0 5TB 3.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	80.3% Excellent	Read 145 Write 258 Mixed 115 232% 173 MB/s	4K Read 2.76 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.34 47% 1.28 MB/s

WDC WD50 01FZWX-00ZHUA0 5TB 2TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	84.6% Excellent	Read 87.6 Write 317 Mixed 99 242% 168 MB/s	4K Read 2.87 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.25 43% 1.27 MB/s

WDC WD40 03FZEX-00Z4SA0 4TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 122 Write 154 Mixed 120 174% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.84 4K Mixed 0.34 110% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 47%
Samsung SSD 850 PRO 256G 256GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 47GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 401 Write 363 Mixed 374 484% 379 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 26.1 4K Mixed 12.5 1,401% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 24.4 DQ Write 26 DQ Mixed 12.3 1,395% 20.9 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 259%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB 4,021 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.1% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.3 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 136%

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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	4,558x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	314x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $953

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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