Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	108% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '17 at 00:01
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 141 2-Core 282 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 561 8-Core 561 75% 561 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Gigabyte(1458 228F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Lighting 69.1 Reflection 62.1 Parallax 82 56% 71.1 fps	MRender 61.1 Gravity 55.2 Splatting 78 54% 64.8 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3598 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1283 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (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 63 59 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 69 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7201996824	108% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 404 Mixed 416 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 45.6 156% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 113 145% 261 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 100 43300800 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 41141 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 555679776 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 98784247840 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -135458973548539 (F1) Unknown 100 253 488171233 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17552935	84.2% Excellent	Read 126 Write 166 Mixed 129 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 5.26 4K Mixed 0.69 198% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 110%
Seagate ST3160023AS 160GB-$24 4,798 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 91GB free Firmware: 3.05 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 62 54 96540563 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12909 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 369275955 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 44790 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9983 (C2) HDA temperature 41 63 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 62 54 96540563 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 1811 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	20.6% Poor	Read 34.8 Write 36.8 Mixed 46.9 30% 39.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.26 63% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 32%
Samsun SP2504C 250GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 117GB free Firmware: VT100-41 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 98 1 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6080 (04) Start/Stop count 76 76 24607 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 29620 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8750 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 262144 (BE) vendor-specific 139 82 33 (C2) HDA temperature 139 82 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 231356 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	39.7% Below average	Read 68.1 Write 70.2 Mixed 64 51% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.42 95% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 40%
Samsun SP2504C 250GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 73GB free Firmware: VT100-41 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5888 (04) Start/Stop count 74 74 26698 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 32067 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8766 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 65536 (BE) vendor-specific 139 76 33 (C2) HDA temperature 139 76 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1392081 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	34.4% Below average	Read 60.7 Write 59.1 Mixed 61 46% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.32 81% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-4GVK F4-3000C15-8GVGB F4-3200C16-4GVK F4-3000C15-8GVGB 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2197, 2197, 2197, 2197 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 24.6 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 25.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 110%

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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	4,587x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	848x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	603x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	895x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	474x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	318x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	349x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16