Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.62% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	90% 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	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '16 at 19:43
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 261 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 714 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4474 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.62% Terrible	Lighting 7.97 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8 6% 9.28 fps	MRender 10.5 Gravity 7.07 Splatting 16.5 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.62% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10360 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 357 (B1) Unknown 99 99 39 (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 64 57 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 32 (EB) Unknown 99 99 169 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21131787470	90% Outstanding	Read 375 Write 395 Mixed 388 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 34.2 131% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 156 140% 214 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 222417248 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 142 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16167567 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6635 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 137 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 66 58 639631394 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 57970 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 98784247842 (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 -59120224824908 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5480698330 (F2) Unknown 100 253 89770177357	90.2% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 149 Mixed 143 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.21 80% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 111483800 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 308 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4511318 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10043 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 289 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 69 59 572391455 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 40 40 120627 (C2) HDA temperature 31 41 98784247839 (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 -84125524424146 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5846219676 (F2) Unknown 100 253 43702043883	86.4% Excellent	Read 165 Write 137 Mixed 131 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.16 76% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 115855416 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 330 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5578340 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10204 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 310 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 69 60 572391455 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 29 29 142699 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 103079215135 (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 14645838481686 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6767578282 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18032180504	70% Good	Read 152 Write 92.1 Mixed 116 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 0.49 4K Mixed 0.21 58% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 71281840 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 381 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13660753 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10938 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 466 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 589234208 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 36730 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 103079215136 (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 -101451422487400 (F1) Unknown 100 253 44532882595 (F2) Unknown 100 253 70162109136	90.2% Outstanding	Read 132 Write 181 Mixed 145 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 5.38 4K Mixed 0.83 223% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 108%
Seagate ST4000DM000-1F2168 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 795GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 82406952 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2509 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11337020 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17815 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 734 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 69 52 137994502175 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 362 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 204678 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 -140737488355297 (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 -96400540955115 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10914068535 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16731550426	107% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 185 Mixed 172 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 101% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 33.3 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 43.4 SC Mixed 31.1 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

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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	4,587x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	851x
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	896x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	475x

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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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