Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	34.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160128
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '16 at 14:29
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 142 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 796 80% 650 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8521) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.6909 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.2% Below average	Lighting 44.2 Reflection 43.7 Parallax 38.5 36% 42.1 fps	MRender 39.8 Gravity 39 Splatting 35.1 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 16 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 4149 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (64) Unknown 100 100 3357184 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 50 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 45 100 270583463981 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 16 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 6 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 16 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4467 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2903 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2479 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1516	120% Outstanding	Read 1,089 Write 556 Mixed 717 174% 787 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 17.3 139% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 15.7 27% 50.7 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 159%
WD WD10EADS-00M2B0 1TB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 351GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 113 98 7350 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1722 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 34 34 48398 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1357 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 257 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 104 104 289815 (C2) HDA temperature 111 96 36 (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	27.4% Poor	Read 47 Write 48 Mixed 48.9 36% 48 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.31 91% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 60%
WD WD800JD-55MUA1 80GB 26GB free Firmware: 10.01E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 185 164 1741 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1506 (05) Reallocated sector count 198 198 12 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 30917 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1198 (BE) vendor-specific 64 48 36 (C2) HDA temperature 107 91 36 (C4) Reallocation count 194 194 6 (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	27.3% Poor	Read 47.3 Write 47.5 Mixed 47 36% 47.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.49 106% 0.81 MB/s

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 @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 24.2 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 26.8 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 97%

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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	4,561x
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	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 $43Bench 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: 69% - Good

Total price: $958

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 $40	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