Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.3% 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 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '16 at 17:04
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 580 8-Core 564 77% 572 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 79.3 Parallax 71.1 64% 76.2 fps	MRender 84.1 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 63.2 59% 73 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsai Force GT 120GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3. Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8325730 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 90958817408513 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1843 (AB) Unknown 0 0 4 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 88 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 4 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 24 59 25773670424 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8325730 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8325730 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8325730 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12289 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9169 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9169 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11826	74.3% Very good	Read 507 Write 133 Mixed 189 60% 277 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 9.78 140% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 42.4 63% 120 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 84%
Samsun 840 EVO 250G 250GB 436 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 36GB free Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8120 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1001 (B1) Unknown 97 97 27 (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 74 61 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 49 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13163742535	99.7% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 353 Mixed 359 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 22.9 156% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 85.6 119% 222 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 34.7 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 32.1 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 97%

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Gaming 86%

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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	4,558x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	992x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	314x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	346x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $953

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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