Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	100% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151001
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 12 '18 at 13:57
Run Duration	352 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 (97^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 743 74% 605 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.2% Good	Lighting 83.8 Reflection 84 Parallax 74.2 68% 80.6 fps	MRender 80 Gravity 74 Splatting 65.8 59% 73.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 219GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 28328 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 543 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 151 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 38 266289152038 (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 2 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 68821123769 (F7) Unknown 100 100 2168228332 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2904854999	100% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 474 Mixed 462 108% 481 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 25.9 138% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 37.2 84% 166 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 107%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 557GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 167 6616 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 134 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4612 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 109 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15616 (C2) HDA temperature 114 104 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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	95.9% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 154 Mixed 140 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.25 98% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 96%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 7GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 178 6066 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 30 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2000 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1299 (C2) HDA temperature 113 110 37 (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	51.9% Above average	Read 92.6 Write 88 Mixed 82.1 66% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.28 104% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 96%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 7GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 180 7908 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 607 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30417 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 537 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13977 (C2) HDA temperature 115 104 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.1% Very good	Read 155 Write 106 Mixed 134 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.22 92% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 100%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 6GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 181 5900 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 430 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20352 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 364 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18841 (C2) HDA temperature 115 104 35 (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	72.1% Very good	Read 103 Write 148 Mixed 141 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.27 92% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 96%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 168 6533 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 18 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 840 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1255 (C2) HDA temperature 117 113 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	66.1% Good	Read 139 Write 90.8 Mixed 132 92% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.17 102% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 101%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 178 7958 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 582 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26876 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 509 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 33892 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	65.4% Good	Read 143 Write 85.4 Mixed 94.3 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.19 59% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 100%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 170 6441 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 48 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2638 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 48 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6737 (C2) HDA temperature 115 104 35 (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	66.7% Good	Read 114 Write 118 Mixed 91.9 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.21 96% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 101%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$78 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 182 5825 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 553 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26409 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 481 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 33533 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	45.5% Average	Read 89.9 Write 68.8 Mixed 67.9 57% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.13 46% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 88%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 184 7700 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 613 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28661 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 536 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19999 (C2) HDA temperature 114 103 38 (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 79.4 Write 77.6 Mixed 75.5 58% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.27 106% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 87%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 0GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 163 6766 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 297 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9957 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 248 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 20479 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 34 (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	29.2% Poor	Read 37.1 Write 64.3 Mixed 80.9 47% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.14 62% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.2% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 23.9 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.7 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 110%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,543x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	840x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	887x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	312x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	342x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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