Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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	56.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	121% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '17 at 01:51
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 740 75% 607 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.8% Above average	Lighting 76.4 Reflection 76.8 Parallax 61.9 62% 71.7 fps	MRender 40.7 Gravity 50.8 Splatting 71.4 46% 54.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 310GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 23 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 16 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 62 54 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 77 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 998714685	121% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 498 Mixed 506 114% 510 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 41 179% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 141 163% 281 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
WD WD6001FZWX-00A2V 6TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 4.5TB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 100 4641 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 88 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2657 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 43 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 71 (C2) HDA temperature 117 102 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0
Poor: 73% Great: 130%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B 2TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 109 40 11508 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4046 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34527 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2209 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 520 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 170 170 92120 (C2) HDA temperature 117 77 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	81.1% Excellent	Read 154 Write 128 Mixed 137 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 3.31 4K Mixed 0.44 160% 1.64 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 81%
WD WD30EZRX-00DC0B0 3TB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 176 5466 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 994 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21490 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 994 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 397 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 65318 (C2) HDA temperature 122 94 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	80.3% Excellent	Read 143 Write 137 Mixed 123 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.22 88% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 83%
WD WD30EZRX-00DC0B0 3TB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 381GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 171 5608 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1152 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21709 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 973 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 343 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 160 160 121637 (C2) HDA temperature 122 97 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	45.8% Average	Read 79.4 Write 79.9 Mixed 74.9 59% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.26 96% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 83%
WD My Book 25DA 8TB 718 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3.5TB free, PID 25da Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 147 Write 175 Mixed 132 197% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.31 66% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x16GB-$65 2,716 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 24.7 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 81%

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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	4,584x
Core i5-6600KIntel $88Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	848x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	603x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	894x
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	348x
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 $273	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 $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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