Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	138% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160829
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '16 at 12:41
Run Duration	276 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 (97^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 261 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 724 71% 583 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 121 Parallax 110 93% 115 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 105 Splatting 95.7 81% 99.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% 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% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 1,186 Write 512 Mixed 775 181% 824 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 27.7 188% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 42.9 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 26.2 46% 86 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 243%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 625GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 120 6083 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6274 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8739 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2426 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 544 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 174 174 80328 (C2) HDA temperature 106 91 41 (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	54.3% Above average	Read 97.9 Write 91.2 Mixed 75.9 66% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.18 73% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 59%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 107GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 139 (03) Spinup time 129 129 21495873811 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3877 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14259 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3339 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3878 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3878 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 244813594665 (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 200 200 8	38% Below average	Read 79.9 Write 52.4 Mixed 51.9 46% 61.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.32 84% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 51%
Intenso Rainbow Line 8GB 617 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 8GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	6.41% Terrible	Read 21.3 Write 8.11 Mixed 10.3 15% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.42 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.007 24% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.41% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3866 C18 4x4GB 141 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3867 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	MC Read 43.8 MC Write 48.9 MC Mixed 36.8 123% 43.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 49 SC Mixed 33.9 101% 35.5 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%

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Gaming 86%

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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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
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	313x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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