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 above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	241% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160302
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '16 at 23:43
Run Duration	328 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 506 68% 505 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.1% 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. 10.18.13.6472 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 128 Reflection 129 Parallax 117 105% 125 fps	Gravity 113 Splatting 99.7 93% 106 fps
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 1,903 Write 927 Mixed 1,152 292% 1,327 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 241 4K Mixed 54.3 271% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 920 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 194 254% 476 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 243%
WD WD20EARS-00MVWB0 2TB 162 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 167 2058 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 863 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2603 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 496 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1045 (C2) HDA temperature 123 104 27 (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	71.3% Very good	Read 131 Write 117 Mixed 113 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.2 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 67%
WD WD20EARS-00MVWB0 2TB 162 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 168 6000 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 736 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2136 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 468 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1139 (C2) HDA temperature 124 102 26 (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	60.6% Good	Read 108 Write 103 Mixed 102 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.18 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 67%
WD WD10EADS-00L5B1 1TB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 882GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 153 6658 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1705 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6133 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1669 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1703 (C2) HDA temperature 124 108 26 (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	25.7% Poor	Read 49.7 Write 39.3 Mixed 55.6 37% 48.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.26 86% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 50%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 509GB free Firmware: 51.0 Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 105 Write 69.2 Mixed 84.7 65% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.13 58% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 199GB free Firmware: 51.0 Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 87.9 Write 88.1 Mixed 96 69% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.19 58% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 67%
ADATA HD710 2TB 683 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1TB free, PID a15a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 37.1 Write 40.2 Mixed 37.7 50% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.33 75% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 54%
Verbatim Store n Go V3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 2,535 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 11GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 94.3 Write 18.7 Mixed 10.6 36% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.26 4K Write 0.26 4K Mixed 0.36 48% 2.62 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 26.4 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.4 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 104%

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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	4,561x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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