Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 25 '16 at 19:01
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 489 61% 466 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2211.0 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Lighting 63 Reflection 56.6 Parallax 74 51% 64.5 fps	MRender 55.8 Gravity 50.3 Splatting 71.5 50% 59.2 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PA128HMCD-010 128GB 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: AXM08L1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4565 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1685 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (B2) Unknown 83 83 342 (B3) Unknown 83 83 656 (B4) Unknown 83 83 3376 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 59 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E9) Unknown 199 199 958 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 137 (EC) Unknown 99 99 58 (ED) Unknown 99 99 221 (EE) Unknown 99 99 656	47.3% Average	Read 248 Write 245 Mixed 213 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 10.4 64% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 66.3 DQ Mixed 9.49 28% 61.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 248GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 119724464 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3368 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22145583 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23266 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1881 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295098375 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 53 437518361 (C2) HDA temperature 25 47 55834574873 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 27 119724464 (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 21303037794599 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1073334274 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2420399676	62.9% Good	Read 111 Write 109 Mixed 103 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 2,543 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 34.1 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 29.5 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 116%

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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	4,554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	313x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	345x
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 $273	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 $179	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