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 as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	105% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kleuren, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '16 at 09:46
Run Duration	577 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 250 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 700 69% 565 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.7% 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: 376.33 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1247 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 441 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 45 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9008320244	105% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 395 Mixed 413 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 45.1 152% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 119 138% 238 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 131%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 114GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4712 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1898 (B1) Unknown 93 93 243 (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 77 57 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 405 (EB) Unknown 99 99 542 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32219674769	60.6% Good	Read 361 Write 303 Mixed 340 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 49.6 4K Mixed 14.9 72% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 76.7 DQ Mixed 59.8 66% 114 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 76%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 168 6500 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 429 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1242 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 429 (10) Unknown 2 198 36292218507 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 404 (C2) HDA temperature 123 110 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	84.3% Excellent	Read 149 Write 145 Mixed 150 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.92 4K Mixed 0.24 110% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 112%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 0GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 0743 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	1.21% Terrible	Read 2.23 Write 2.14 Mixed 2.19 3% 2.19 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.05 8% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.21% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB 12,182 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 25.5 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 32.9 SC Mixed 27.1 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 99%

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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	4,570x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $742

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16