Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	38.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	111% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '17 at 22:44
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 149 2-Core 286 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 794 78% 640 Pts	64-Core 799 49% 799 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Nvidia(10DE 1138) 2GB CLim: 1617 MHz, MLim: 1925 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Lighting 50.3 Reflection 49.3 Parallax 44.1 41% 47.9 fps	MRender 42.8 Gravity 45.1 Splatting 40.8 35% 42.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 410GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5361 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 258 (B1) Unknown 98 98 22 (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 59 55 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 177 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20842273282	111% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 406 Mixed 417 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 49.5 163% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 132 154% 267 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 391GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 220 176 5966 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 233 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5072 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 77 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 67210 (C2) HDA temperature 119 112 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	74.8% Very good	Read 149 Write 112 Mixed 85.3 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.14 66% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 96%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 218GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 208 208 21491876132 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 674 (05) Reallocated sector count 60 60 880 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11717 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 299 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 951 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 951 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 197570068515 (C4) Reallocation count 45 45 1154 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	81.8% Excellent	Read 160 Write 125 Mixed 124 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.17 78% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 107%
Fujitsu MJA2500BH G2 500GB 1,681 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 136GB free Firmware: 8919 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 157997 (02) Throughput performance 253 253 70123520 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2720 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 2147 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 15501 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2594 (B4) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (B9) Unknown 253 253 0 (BA) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 85900656671 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 37 206629765148 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 16580608 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 27656614 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 63314 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 10571 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 162	28% Poor	Read 51.6 Write 45.9 Mixed 48.6 37% 48.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.19 58% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C15D4/8G KHX2666C15D4/4G KHX2666C15D4/8G KHX2666C15D4/4G 24GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.9% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.7 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 25.3 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 106%

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Gaming 86%

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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	4,561x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	471x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	347x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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