Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	24.1% 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	67.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '17 at 23:43
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (72^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 (97^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 739 75% 606 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.49 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.1% Poor	Lighting 17.9 Reflection 38.6 Parallax 23.5 15% 26.7 fps	MRender 39.9 Gravity 62.2 Splatting 52.6 42% 51.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsun 840 EVO 500G 500GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 295GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17952 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 789 (B1) Unknown 98 98 19 (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 64 40 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 53 (EB) Unknown 99 99 482 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25000005787	67.4% Good	Read 263 Write 177 Mixed 183 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 25.6 132% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 75.8 79% 132 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 115%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$280 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4.5TB free Firmware: 01.0 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 199 142% 199 MB/s
Poor: 61% Great: 118%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B 2TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 70 40 13525 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4031 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34455 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2194 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 513 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 170 170 91513 (C2) HDA temperature 117 77 35 (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	75.7% Very good	Read 151 Write 113 Mixed 121 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 3.34 4K Mixed 0.46 161% 1.65 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 81%
WD WD30EZRX-00DC0B0 3TB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 176 5866 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 978 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21419 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 978 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 389 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 65084 (C2) HDA temperature 122 94 28 (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	82.6% Excellent	Read 154 Write 134 Mixed 128 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.25 106% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 483GB free Firmware: 80.0 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 136 Write 138 Mixed 118 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.25 103% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 83%
WD My Book 25DA 8TB 718 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3.5TB free, PID 25da Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 147 Write 144 Mixed 115 171% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.44 83% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x16GB-$65 2,716 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 24.2 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 81%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,583x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	847x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	602x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	995x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x
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	317x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	348x
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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16