Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	69.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	106% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '16 at 14:31
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 261 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 742 78% 623 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367D) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6822 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Lighting 89.7 Reflection 87.5 Parallax 77.1 73% 84.8 fps	MRender 82.9 Gravity 76.8 Splatting 69.3 62% 76.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$129 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4112 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 375 (B1) Unknown 99 99 15 (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 67 65 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4202450394	106% Outstanding	Read 532 Write 505 Mixed 517 116% 518 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 37 127% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 127 152% 264 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 425GB free Firmware: 0002 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 96.6 Write 103 Mixed 85.1 71% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.17 52% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 61%
WD WD20EZRX-00DC0B0 2TB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 100GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 173 5791 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2705 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7085 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1872 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 694 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 173 173 82472 (C2) HDA temperature 121 113 29 (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 200 180 40 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.7% Above average	Read 129 Write 74.8 Mixed 118 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.22 102% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 81%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$46 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 64GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214122832 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 4317168775 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6858 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1804 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 111670860543 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 66 504823838 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 679 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35327 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 38654705694 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 123 11046 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 21762599293196 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14279130726 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19428102812	68.7% Good	Read 126 Write 114 Mixed 120 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.23 81% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$25 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 53GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 92389094 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8866 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3918566 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 20110 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3038 (B7) Unknown 1 1 112 (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 65 63 622329891 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 47244640291 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 13 92389094 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -18459769415899 (F1) Unknown 100 253 689796430 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3505895085	55.3% Above average	Read 96.1 Write 96.7 Mixed 81.5 68% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.41 90% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 70%
WD WD5000AAKS-00YGA 500GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 17GB free Firmware: 12.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 176 6016 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8751 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 41289 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3368 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1588 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8751 (C2) HDA temperature 116 111 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	23.9% Poor	Read 42.7 Write 40.1 Mixed 39.7 31% 40.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.31 100% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 39%
WD WD1600AAJS-00B4A 160GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 6GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 150 3350 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3587 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 38706 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2664 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1724 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3587 (C2) HDA temperature 110 88 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 23303 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.1% Good	Read 101 Write 111 Mixed 110 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.44 116% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2800 C15 2x8GB 860 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23.8 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 98%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,619x
Core i5-6600KIntel $54Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $233Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	609x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,003x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	902x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	477x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	444x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	321x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	182x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	352x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	259x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $709

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $279	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359