Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.6% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '16 at 17:30
Run Duration	327 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th 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, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 136 2-Core 284 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 576 73% 555 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1105 MHz, MLim: 1550 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 77.3 Reflection 65.3 Parallax 88.6 63% 77.1 fps	MRender 65.7 Gravity 64.8 Splatting 82.4 59% 71 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron XT SSD 500GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 66GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2166 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2507 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29631 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1259 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 785 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1721 (C2) HDA temperature 114 92 29 (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	17.2% Very poor	Read 180 Write 151 Mixed 141 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 0.21 3% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 127%
Hitachi HDS721050DLE630 240GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 37GB free Firmware: SAFC01.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5050 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 356 (A2) Unknown 100 100 578 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262162 (AE) Unknown 100 100 176 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 176 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 940 (F2) Unknown 100 100 780	101% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 490 Mixed 502 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 15.5 129% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 16.4 90% 205 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.40 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9340043 (05) Reallocated sector count 95 95 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 -101283918758221 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 945 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 639 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 51 68722819104 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9340043 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9340043 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9340043 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 21736 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10080 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10080 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8141	81.6% Excellent	Read 479 Write 234 Mixed 282 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 21 133% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 14.7 67% 150 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 86%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$50 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 58GB free Firmware: MS1OA650 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 91 (03) Spinup time 114 114 12898533569 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6885 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 29453 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1255 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 9699 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 9699 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 214748823582 (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 14147	68.4% Good	Read 134 Write 104 Mixed 123 91% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.16 77% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 105%
WD Elements 1042 500GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 24GB free Firmware: 1016 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 175 1916 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7028 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24136 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 546 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 210 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 30117 (C2) HDA temperature 113 89 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	38.7% Below average	Read 62.6 Write 72 Mixed 65.3 50% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.15 60% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 46%
hp v100w 4GB 248 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 3207 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	6.66% Terrible	Read 19.5 Write 8.36 Mixed 2.64 10% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 8.31 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.01 32% 2.78 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.66% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 34.4 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 28.2 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

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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	4,565x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	599x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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	315x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $803

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16