Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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.
Graphics	55.5% 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	110% 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	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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '15 at 10:39
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	14%

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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 169 2-Core 337 115% 253 Pts	4-Core 551 8-Core 806 85% 679 Pts	64-Core 832 52% 832 Pts
Poor: 70% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Asus(1043 04DD) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Lighting 67.6 Reflection 62.1 Parallax 84.3 55% 71.3 fps	MRender 61.7 Gravity 60.1 Splatting 79.2 56% 67 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 646 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 71 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 61 54 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3205442822	110% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 391 Mixed 415 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 40.2 174% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 100 130% 233 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 13GB free Firmware: 2CV102HA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19873 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2336 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 69 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 567595 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 93 93 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	39.8% Below average	Read 252 Write 76.6 Mixed 122 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 7.14 70% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 80.6 DQ Mixed 43.7 52% 93.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 44%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 304GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 14 (03) Spinup time 170 163 6500 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7666 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19380 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2177 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 589 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 158 158 126792 (C2) HDA temperature 117 105 33 (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 13 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 25	50.3% Above average	Read 103 Write 72.4 Mixed 57 58% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.17 67% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 67%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 289GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 173 6116 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5242 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 27914 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3324 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 386 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5242 (C2) HDA temperature 125 88 25 (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	40.7% Average	Read 70.5 Write 70.9 Mixed 67.5 52% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.28 94% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 51%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 234GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 176 6000 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10517 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22765 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2722 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 44451 (C2) HDA temperature 117 94 33 (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	45.2% Average	Read 86 Write 71.6 Mixed 63.3 55% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.33 83% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 55%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 184GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 163 6641 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8959 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19085 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2177 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 279 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 35047 (C2) HDA temperature 114 100 36 (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 200 199 41 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45.1% Average	Read 80.6 Write 76.2 Mixed 85.6 61% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 67%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 244GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 77 77 7800 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8537 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 17184 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3148 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 6 773586979 (C2) HDA temperature 63 45 807075877 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 458007 (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 100 100 17 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	46% Average	Read 89 Write 71 Mixed 78 60% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.36 96% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 62%

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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 $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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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 $45	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

Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)