Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.3% 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	113% 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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	14.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	May 07 '17 at 04:20
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 738 73% 596 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.9% 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: 382.5 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.3% Below average	Lighting 30.7 Reflection 22.8 Parallax 26.1 25% 26.6 fps	MRender 27.8 Gravity 50.2 Splatting 71.9 43% 49.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 301GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1330 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 42 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 61 54 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 85 (EB) Unknown 99 99 20 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3321168779	113% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 498 Mixed 500 114% 508 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 40.1 157% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 168 161% 253 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 113% 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 236 100 7166 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 114 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3960 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 69 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 83 (C2) HDA temperature 118 102 34 (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 (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 81 40 12991 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4072 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 35829 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2235 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 534 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 167 167 100994 (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	83.4% Excellent	Read 152 Write 138 Mixed 109 99% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 3.28 4K Mixed 0.45 158% 1.62 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 81%
WD WD30EZRX-00DC0B0 3TB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 392GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 176 5791 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1020 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22792 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1020 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 411 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 177 177 70024 (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	75.7% Very good	Read 144 Write 119 Mixed 133 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.25 94% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 83%
WD WD30EZRX-00DC0B0 3TB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 303GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 171 5958 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1178 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23010 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 999 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 357 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 159 159 123529 (C2) HDA temperature 123 97 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	41.7% Average	Read 73.8 Write 70.9 Mixed 68.6 54% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.27 112% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 41.7% 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 (92^nd percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 168 Write 158 Mixed 124 189% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 67%
SABRENT 500GB 186 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 287GB free, PID 1561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 381 Write 276 Mixed 370 431% 343 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 23.3 2,596% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 37.6 DQ Write 71.6 DQ Mixed 24.4 3,405% 44.5 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 285%

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 above expectations (69^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.5 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 74.3% 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