Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	115% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '18 at 01:21
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 156 2-Core 307 103% 187 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 858 86% 698 Pts	64-Core 862 53% 862 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2213 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 665 (B1) Unknown 98 98 33 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 48 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 117 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8603510797	115% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 416 Mixed 418 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 45.2 182% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 100 130% 235 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 449GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896829620 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2361 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7692 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1661 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3271 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3271 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 206159216674 (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	97.8% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 173 Mixed 159 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.22 94% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 103%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 318GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 251 Write 219 Mixed 206 169% 225 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 3.79 4K Mixed 0.63 174% 1.74 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 184%
TOSHIBA MK2555GSXF 250GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 232GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 40.6 Write 42.6 Mixed 7.8 36% 30.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.33 54% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$38 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 33.6 108% 38 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 44.5 SC Mixed 32.3 96% 33.5 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,598x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	853x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	604x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	997x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	898x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	319x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	350x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	256x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $747

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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