Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	232% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '16 at 01:01
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 (100^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 135 2-Core 271 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 748 80% 638 Pts	64-Core 756 47% 756 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5354 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Lighting 83.7 Reflection 89 Parallax 76.7 68% 83.1 fps	MRender 82.1 Gravity 76 Splatting 69.9 62% 76 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 335GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0171 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1,774 Write 908 Mixed 1,332 296% 1,338 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 50.2 210% 87.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,016 DQ Write 882 DQ Mixed 278 392% 725 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 230%
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 256GB-$225 3,223 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 22GB free Firmware: HTRAN101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^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 3969 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 721 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 188 188 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 82 (C2) HDA temperature 76 65 150324707352 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	101% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 447 Mixed 500 108% 482 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 33.6 126% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 209 193% 298 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 367GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 178 5625 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2868 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12105 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1155 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 218 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2868 (C2) HDA temperature 120 99 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.8% Average	Read 75.5 Write 73.4 Mixed 73.2 56% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.4 108% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 51%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 64GB 654 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 58GB free, PID 007a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	6.52% Terrible	Read 21.6 Write 7.97 Mixed 13.3 16% 14.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.91 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.006 26% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.52% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 1,517 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3403 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.5% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 17.6 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 20.9 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 115%

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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	4,546x
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