Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.2% 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	90.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '16 at 10:12
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th 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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 502 67% 502 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 123 Parallax 113 102% 120 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 108 Splatting 96.7 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsun 830 Series 256GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 238GB free Firmware: CXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 26625 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 130 (B1) Unknown 95 95 171 (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 69 50 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 48 (F1) Unknown 99 99 74501769125	80.8% Excellent	Read 500 Write 406 Mixed 448 101% 451 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 22.5 92% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 83.3 DQ Mixed 67.7 80% 145 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 81%
Toshib THNSFJ256GCSU 256GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 238GB free Firmware: JULA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1069 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 855 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 197 197 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 74 57 184684642330 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	103% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 478 Mixed 502 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 44.4 124% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 43 105% 220 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 96%
Samsun 840 PRO Seri 256GB 131 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7290 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1142 (B1) Unknown 93 93 250 (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 39 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 160 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30071448328	90.3% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 318 Mixed 328 84% 382 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 23.9 129% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 78.6 116% 220 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 114%
Toshib THNSNC512GBSJ 512GB 80GB free Firmware: CJGA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9482 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1297 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 512 (AA) Unknown 100 100 170 (AD) Unknown 200 200 905039 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 240 (C2) HDA temperature 73 55 193274642459 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 80750 (F2) Unknown 100 100 113510 (F3) Unknown 100 100 31	44.2% Average	Read 209 Write 178 Mixed 189 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 14.3 77% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 18.1 DQ Write 77.4 DQ Mixed 12.4 20% 36 MB/s

Hua72101 0KLA330 1TB 98 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 451GB free Firmware: GKAO Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 109 109 55878222435 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3288 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 33904 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1656 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4630 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4630 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 223339282474 (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	42.1% Average	Read 73.3 Write 72.8 Mixed 81.8 58% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/8G KHX2400C15/8G 16GB 1,457 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 25.3 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 25 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 88%

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Gaming 86%

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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 $241Bench 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