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 (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	91.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '18 at 21:42
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 737 76% 612 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.4% 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: 397.31 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% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th 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 7266 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2024 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 148 (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 70 55 193274314782 (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 100 100 110 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 27737357247 (F7) Unknown 100 100 82144250 (F8) Unknown 100 100 148491359	91.8% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 324 Mixed 387 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 33 139% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 48.1 84% 162 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 97%
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 41GB 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 3308 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5036 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20585 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3523 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 432 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5036 (C2) HDA temperature 113 92 34 (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	8.11% Terrible	Read 79.8 Write 67.6 Mixed 61.8 16% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.52 3% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.11% Great: 8%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$78 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 99 3451809 (03) Spinup time 89 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1510 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 8604116798 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6134 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1247 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 605356068 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1660 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 51539607588 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 10 8 3451809 (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 63264868276013 (F1) Unknown 100 253 565028323 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2581880530	61% Good	Read 103 Write 109 Mixed 107 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.72 151% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61% 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 as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 164 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8470 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31627 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6051 (C2) HDA temperature 110 93 37 (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	40.1% Average	Read 78.8 Write 60.8 Mixed 60.3 50% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.5 111% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.1% 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 @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 34.2 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 44.8 SC Mixed 31.4 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 108% 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	4,565x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $803

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16