Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	204% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '16 at 16:59
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 155 2-Core 310 103% 187 Pts	4-Core 611 8-Core 850 92% 731 Pts	64-Core 857 53% 857 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1180 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.11.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 67 Parallax 93 64% 79.3 fps	MRender 68.3 Gravity 67.6 Splatting 86.8 62% 74.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 1,674 Write 1,109 Mixed 1,316 303% 1,366 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 41.7 136% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 829 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 265 284% 485 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 247%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 815GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 223913968 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2602 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 87618838 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7578 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2425 (B7) Unknown 26 26 74 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 93 17180131764 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 59 49 4983947305 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1217 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 67175 (C2) HDA temperature 41 51 -140737488355287 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 105519 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 122118805133598 (F1) Unknown 100 253 52629445714 (F2) Unknown 100 253 73806724209	96.3% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 160 Mixed 154 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.27 80% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 114%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$43 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 30GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1057 (03) Spinup time 141 137 3925 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3863 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9063 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2972 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 932 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2930 (C2) HDA temperature 111 92 32 (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 66304 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57.4% Above average	Read 102 Write 98.6 Mixed 99.5 75% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.41 101% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 5,058 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3097 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 33 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 43.4 SC Mixed 32.5 95% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 48 83% 48 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%

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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	4,555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	991x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	441x
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	346x
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: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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