Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.1% 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	120% 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	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '18 at 19:49
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	GBR-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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 700 69% 563 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8548) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.1% Average	Lighting 47.5 Reflection 54.8 Parallax 44.7 39% 49 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 47.5 Splatting 62.1 49% 59.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST31000520AS 250GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4578 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 990 (B1) Unknown 95 95 90 (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 66 55 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 121 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30020298229	120% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 495 Mixed 506 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 50.3 177% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 132 149% 255 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 122%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 149348920 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 412 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 78417082 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 18575733558039 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 412 (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 521338911 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7973 (C2) HDA temperature 31 41 60129542175 (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 70300024703318 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16553900705 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25841348810	75.2% Very good	Read 137 Write 125 Mixed 147 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.18 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.25 52% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 105%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 787GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 98002468 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5079 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 62702419 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18142 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2061 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 72 60 471072796 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 55834574876 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 17 98002468 (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 -32581621883874 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3677729016 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2358739912	60.8% Good	Read 106 Write 106 Mixed 89.4 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.46 106% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 26 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.5 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 91%

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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	4,563x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	994x
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 $48Bench 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: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $808

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16