Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '17 at 19:32
Run Duration	446 Seconds
Run User	CAN-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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 257 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 691 68% 558 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	56% Above average	Lighting 70.1 Reflection 73 Parallax 71.3 57% 71.5 fps	MRender 76 Gravity 65.7 Splatting 58.9 54% 66.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0003SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 184606610 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5306 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 26113600506 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23069 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3238 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098502 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 49 672530465 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 49 49 103496 (C2) HDA temperature 33 51 38654705697 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 43 184606610 (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 -84142704280862 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2940479162 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2015115243 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	46.7% Average	Read 83.2 Write 79.7 Mixed 78.3 60% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.28 71% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 58%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 133GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 208182276 (03) Spinup time 99 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 20711 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 17391859736 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25915 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3303 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 11 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 49 672530463 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 56 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 268268 (C2) HDA temperature 31 51 42949672991 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 41 208182276 (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 -110513803480756 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3137840965 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3380174302 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	53.2% Above average	Read 96.4 Write 89 Mixed 79.4 66% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.45 94% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 58%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 25GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 210590704 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 957 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 106664500 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17710 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 922 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 32 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 44 73586180123 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 89 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 299320 (C2) HDA temperature 27 56 60129542171 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 53 43 210590704 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	30.5% Below average	Read 53.5 Write 52.7 Mixed 49.8 39% 52 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.3 68% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 43%
NORELSYS 106X 4TB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2.5TB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 124 Write 123 Mixed 119 157% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.26 99% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 70%
Maxell HDD 500GB 195 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 141GB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 38.7 Write 38.4 Mixed 37.7 49% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.31 54% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 18%
Lenovo USB Flash Drive 2GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 3818 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	5.19% Terrible	Read 15.1 Write 3.65 Mixed 5.81 8% 8.18 MB/s	4K Read 9.06 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 35% 3.04 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.19% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 4,421 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	68.9% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 20.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 19.8 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 80%

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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 $45Bench 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 $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