Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% 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 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, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 11 '16 at 18:07
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 269 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 748 74% 607 Pts	64-Core 749 46% 749 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367D) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6510 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Lighting 90.3 Reflection 87.5 Parallax 77.4 74% 85.1 fps	MRender 83 Gravity 77 Splatting 70.3 62% 76.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3845 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 375 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (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 71 65 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3859759103	105% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 490 Mixed 512 113% 506 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 37.7 128% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 131 154% 265 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 466GB free Firmware: 0002 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 96 Write 101 Mixed 75.7 68% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.21 56% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 61%
WD WD20EZRX-00DC0B0 2TB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 263GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 183 173 5825 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2607 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6829 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1823 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 687 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 174 174 80225 (C2) HDA temperature 124 113 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 200 180 40 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.7% Average	Read 87.6 Write 78.1 Mixed 79.9 62% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.27 95% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 81%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 192GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 82724896 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2392 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 4315624332 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6593 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1755 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 111670860543 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 66 471072794 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 672 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33493 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 38654705690 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 123 11046 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 84194243907738 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13526990675 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18945838246	78.4% Very good	Read 141 Write 133 Mixed 124 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.35 102% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 53GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 95867460 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8677 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3703030 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 20072 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2989 (B7) Unknown 1 1 112 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 65 471072796 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 47244640284 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 13 95867460 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -43039867251172 (F1) Unknown 100 253 630615535 (F2) Unknown 100 253 718236086	53.4% Above average	Read 91.6 Write 94.5 Mixed 79.1 66% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.41 87% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 70%
WD WD5000AAKS-00YGA 500GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 32GB free Firmware: 12.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 176 6025 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8550 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 41025 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3319 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1583 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8550 (C2) HDA temperature 120 111 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	25.5% Poor	Read 45.6 Write 42.5 Mixed 43.4 33% 43.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.33 104% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 39%
WD WD1600AAJS-00B4A 160GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 150 3316 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3389 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38443 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2615 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1719 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3389 (C2) HDA temperature 114 88 29 (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 23303 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.7% Good	Read 104 Write 108 Mixed 60.3 67% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.41 99% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2800 C15 2x8GB 860 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	77.8% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 23.9 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 98%

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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	4,587x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	849x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	603x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	896x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	474x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	318x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	349x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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