Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.6% 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	99.3% 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	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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '18 at 02:51
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 87.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 283 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 798 77% 636 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Nvidia(10DE 093D) 1GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.12% Terrible	Lighting 9 Reflection 8.62 Parallax 11 7% 9.53 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 10.9 Splatting 11.9 10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.12% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.6% Above average	Lighting 62.3 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 60.5 51% 63.5 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 59.9 Splatting 54.6 50% 62.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 266GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 90 90 1663 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21680 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 153 (B1) Unknown 18 18 2984 (B3) Unknown 91 91 1663 (B5) Unknown 99 99 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 91 91 1663 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 60 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 18 (EB) Unknown 99 99 130 (F1) Unknown 99 99 173015566156	99.3% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 454 Mixed 503 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 25.8 146% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 37.1 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 25.8 65% 127 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 204587504 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2105 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 60223434636 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11312 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1105 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 83 83 17 (BE) vendor-specific 60 43 90867761192 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 509 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 61983 (C2) HDA temperature 40 57 64424509480 (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 -79611513792696 (F1) Unknown 100 253 54975063819 (F2) Unknown 100 253 36176333744	63.8% Good	Read 118 Write 104 Mixed 116 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.21 72% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 114%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: MN6OA5C0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 82 (03) Spinup time 152 152 34385363309 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3159 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 30022 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1233 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3347 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3347 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 253404119083 (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 200 200 0	59% Above average	Read 99.2 Write 106 Mixed 86 73% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.19 82% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 2x8GB 633 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 15.6 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 13.1 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 103%

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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	4,545x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	841x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	312x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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: 64% - Good

Total price: $1,023

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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