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 above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	226% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160302
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '16 at 21:53
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$88 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 502 66% 497 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 129 Reflection 128 Parallax 113 105% 123 fps	Gravity 112 Splatting 102 94% 107 fps
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 1,761 Write 916 Mixed 1,135 280% 1,270 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 208 4K Mixed 49.2 247% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 846 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 195 246% 454 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 243%
WD WD20EARS-00MVWB0 2TB 162 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 221 167 3941 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 866 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2606 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 497 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1048 (C2) HDA temperature 122 104 28 (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	72.6% Very good	Read 136 Write 117 Mixed 105 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.12 83% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 67%
WD WD20EARS-00MVWB0 2TB 162 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 168 6483 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 739 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2139 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 469 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1142 (C2) HDA temperature 123 102 27 (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	60.7% Good	Read 107 Write 105 Mixed 100 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.15 81% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 67%
WD WD10EADS-00L5B1 1TB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 882GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 153 7033 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1707 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6136 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1670 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1705 (C2) HDA temperature 122 108 28 (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	23.7% Poor	Read 42.8 Write 39.3 Mixed 53.7 34% 45.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 50%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 509GB free Firmware: 51.0 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 110 Write 69.1 Mixed 90 68% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.16 68% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 199GB free Firmware: 51.0 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 74.4 Write 91.2 Mixed 97.7 67% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.22 59% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 35.2 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 43.1 SC Mixed 31 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 104%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,586x
Core i5-6600KIntel $88Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	848x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	603x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	895x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	474x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	318x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	349x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $753

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $239	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $139	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16