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 as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	108% 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	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '18 at 23:10
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 206 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 651 64% 523 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct960bx2 0 960GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 799 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 665 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 116 (A3) Unknown 100 100 1243 (94) Unknown 100 100 108799 (95) Unknown 100 100 837 (96) Unknown 100 100 716 (97) Unknown 100 100 824 (A4) Unknown 100 100 35100 (A5) Unknown 100 100 58 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 13 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38633853878300 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 254671 (F2) Unknown 100 100 222609 (F5) Unknown 100 100 414618 (F6) Unknown 100 100 435196 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	108% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 435 Mixed 477 105% 472 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 43.2 160% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 79 110% 203 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 803GB free Firmware: CC4A Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 119 Write 124 Mixed 105 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.51 91% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 69%
WD WD20EZRZ-00Z5HB0 2TB 415 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 135GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 4233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 116 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 693 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 104 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11763 (C2) HDA temperature 112 106 35 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.1% Average	Read 84 Write 79.8 Mixed 76.7 60% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.27 103% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 85%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 83GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 91.8 Write 118 Mixed 111 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 0.43 113% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3400 C16 Series 2x8GB 778 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.6% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 20.7 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 20.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 112%

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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 $109Bench 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: 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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