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 (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	95.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '18 at 20:21
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 (95^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 736 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 733 45% 733 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Dell(1028 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 387.95 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7124 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1936 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 136 (AE) Unknown 100 100 154 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 55 193274314775 (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 100 100 103 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 25911019252 (F7) Unknown 100 100 24480136 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1690928456	95.2% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 326 Mixed 387 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 33.1 149% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 48.2 85% 164 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 97%
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 42GB free Firmware: 04.04V06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 193 192 3350 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4946 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20036 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3435 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 432 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4946 (C2) HDA temperature 119 92 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	7.97% Terrible	Read 84.9 Write 63 Mixed 54.2 15% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.41 2% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 7.97% Great: 8%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$229 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 98300712 (03) Spinup time 90 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1420 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 4308631101 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5583 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 60 53 672137256 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1570 (C2) HDA temperature 40 47 51539607592 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 19 10 98300712 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 130571300771079 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1140333089 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22909164	58.2% Above average	Read 109 Write 93.8 Mixed 88.8 73% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.35 88% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 86%
WD WD1500ADFD-00NLR1 150GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 101GB free Firmware: 20.07P20 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 164 4708 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8332 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 31081 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5963 (C2) HDA temperature 104 93 43 (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 200 253 16 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	37.3% Below average	Read 71.7 Write 57.8 Mixed 56.8 47% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.58 137% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.1% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 24.2 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 110%

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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	4,544x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
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