Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	253% 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	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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '17 at 21:04
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 147 2-Core 288 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 811 83% 673 Pts	64-Core 818 51% 818 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1SAHT2D117-443 240GB 168 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 222GB free Firmware: N0307A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 655 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1085 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 23163 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 17 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 5 (A4) Unknown 100 100 95910 (A5) Unknown 100 100 305 (A6) Unknown 100 100 54 (A7) Unknown 100 100 94 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 148 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 396158 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12379 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9429	99% Outstanding	Read 529 Write 284 Mixed 349 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 37.1 158% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 64.7 110% 213 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 99%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2,082 Write 1,194 Mixed 1,193 328% 1,489 MB/s	4K Read 60.5 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 52 242% 90.1 MB/s	DQ Read 637 DQ Write 461 DQ Mixed 243 265% 447 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 236%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 594GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 11 (03) Spinup time 120 111 6966 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2858 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9589 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2779 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 157 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 141 141 179528 (C2) HDA temperature 111 89 36 (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 6 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	32.3% Below average	Read 58.7 Write 53.4 Mixed 73.2 47% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.33 78% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 31.3 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 30.3 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

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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	4,604x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	604x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,001x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	899x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	319x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	351x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	256x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $698

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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