Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.4% 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	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '17 at 15:37
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 145 2-Core 274 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 746 79% 632 Pts	64-Core 803 50% 803 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1574 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 115 Parallax 114 87% 112 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 89.2 77% 94.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 256GB 675 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 90GB free Firmware: CXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4630 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3397 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 92 92 279 (B2) Unknown 93 93 250 (B3) Unknown 94 94 408 (B4) Unknown 94 94 7656 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 300 (E8) Unknown 93 93 3782 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19668977462 (F2) Unknown 99 99 24885420411	68.2% Good	Read 462 Write 277 Mixed 303 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 18.4 83% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 75.4 DQ Mixed 53.9 72% 137 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 127%
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5513 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6189 (E8) Unknown 100 100 44736424971 (E9) Unknown 99 0 99	104% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 396 Mixed 399 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 29.1 162% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 51.6 109% 223 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 504GB free Firmware: MX4O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 139 139 21492400404 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2098 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1985 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1458 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2098 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2098 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 167505166371 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	82.6% Excellent	Read 139 Write 148 Mixed 132 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.22 88% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	80% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 25 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 25.4 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 109%

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Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	597x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	991x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	441x
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	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: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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