Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '18 at 05:28
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 142 2-Core 246 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 614 68% 536 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4993) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 111 Parallax 98.8 85% 104 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 100 Splatting 81.7 74% 91.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY4 512GB 145 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 370GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 26281 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2096 (E8) Unknown 100 100 69132664679 (E9) Unknown 99 0 99	79.2% Very good	Read 324 Write 390 Mixed 272 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 13.8 108% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 75.4 108% 196 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 411GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 175 4116 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9980 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24183 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2727 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9920 (C2) HDA temperature 120 103 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	49.5% Average	Read 86.2 Write 85.9 Mixed 94.4 67% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.4 108% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 76%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 173GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 234 232 3283 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4679 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34727 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2627 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4624 (C2) HDA temperature 120 110 30 (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	76.1% Very good	Read 142 Write 123 Mixed 118 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.96 4K Mixed 0.66 170% 1.54 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 80%
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U1 150GB 7,915 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 132GB free Firmware: 04.04V01 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 184 183 1791 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6811 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 40284 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3239 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6811 (C2) HDA temperature 116 105 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	71.8% Very good	Read 121 Write 128 Mixed 105 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.61 4K Mixed 0.72 168% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 31.1 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 31.5 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

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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	4,546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	842x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	595x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	313x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	342x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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