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 as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	105% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	May 10 '17 at 19:30
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 259 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 718 72% 586 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 460A 240GB-$177 1,086 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6357 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1130 (AB) Unknown 100 100 78248784 (AE) Unknown 100 100 165 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 189 (D2) Unknown 100 100 2122 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 94 94 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14012 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13870 (F9) Unknown 100 100 828324849	105% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 488 Mixed 486 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 28 134% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 78.9 129% 248 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
OCZ Vertex 460A 480GB-$300 523 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 31GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6351 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1022 (AB) Unknown 100 100 162924880 (AE) Unknown 100 100 88 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 15 (D2) Unknown 100 100 3 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3145 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7689 (F9) Unknown 100 100 105560454	108% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 483 Mixed 496 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 31 146% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 85.3 132% 249 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$82 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 83 (03) Spinup time 124 124 51580568175 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1055 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6892 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1041 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 10804 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 10804 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 227634380837 (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	61.5% Good	Read 90.1 Write 124 Mixed 135 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.2 74% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 92%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 186GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 55323008 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 783 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13381256 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5142 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 764 (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 71 60 487981085 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17647 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 64424509469 (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 52836687679075 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13019928239 (F2) Unknown 100 253 184460939949	63.9% Good	Read 99.6 Write 123 Mixed 118 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.19 68% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 26.9 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 36.1 SC Mixed 28.4 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 118%

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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	4,576x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	845x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	600x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	472x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	317x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16