Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.4% 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	61.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '16 at 17:37
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 132 2-Core 237 89% 155 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 714 70% 575 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2972) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.4% Average	Lighting 59.5 Reflection 64.4 Parallax 61.2 48% 61.7 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 59.6 Splatting 50.6 48% 60.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 203GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4372 (0C) Power cycle count 86 86 13354 (B1) Unknown 95 95 148 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 88 88 11510 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13109 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15576926274	85.4% Excellent	Read 508 Write 484 Mixed 508 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 52.3 4K Mixed 22 96% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 69.4 74% 123 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 116%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 141GB free Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 200 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 185 (A5) Unknown 100 100 717274349786 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 28 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 49 35 279172874291 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 309239808072 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 561 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2042 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1225 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1169 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	50.6% Above average	Read 360 Write 296 Mixed 223 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 37.9 4K Mixed 3.8 47% 18.7 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 96.1 DQ Mixed 3.73 33% 78.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 86%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6058 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 680 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 184 (A9) Unknown 100 100 237 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 77 (AE) Unknown 100 100 75 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 36 154620133407 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 568 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10014 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4385 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4793 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	61.2% Good	Read 441 Write 223 Mixed 294 70% 319 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 42.8 4K Mixed 17.7 79% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 45.6 61% 109 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: HP51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 6856312 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 220 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7948919 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 355 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 196 (B4) Unknown 100 100 356399457 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 471531548 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4437 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 68719476764 (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 0	102% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 171 Mixed 174 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.23 83% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: HP51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 102607448 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 255 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8296702 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 182 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 209 (B4) Unknown 100 100 589827903 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 73 60 454688795 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 825 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 73014444059 (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 0	109% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 182 Mixed 173 139% 185 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.25 90% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 3,988 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 30.6 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 30.9 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 105%

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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 $178	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