Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.4% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151211
Uptime	7.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '16 at 20:09
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 262 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 728 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8548) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6191 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 119 Parallax 105 93% 113 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 102 Splatting 91 79% 97 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: R112 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 19177041 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 129476084124263 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2192 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 1 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1243 (B1) Unknown 0 0 11 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 55837196321 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 19177041 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 19177041 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 19177041 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 38648 (EA) Unknown 0 0 34189 (F1) Unknown 0 0 34189 (F2) Unknown 0 0 25215	85.4% Excellent	Read 504 Write 220 Mixed 285 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 21 140% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 69.7 102% 194 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 91%
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 51GB free Firmware: R201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 25540134 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -36266703831261 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 959 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 121 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 39 51542163485 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 25540134 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 25540134 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 25540134 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1446 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1198 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1198 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3767	85.8% Excellent	Read 497 Write 234 Mixed 301 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 19.5 139% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 77.1 107% 199 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 292GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 82064939 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2902 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 4320274041 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20225 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1886 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295229465 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 622526501 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 51539607589 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 13 82064939 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 9 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -110135846345370 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1484333839 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2748998274	45.4% Average	Read 75.1 Write 82.9 Mixed 84.9 61% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.38 85% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 186GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 92 217586919 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4673 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 531224770 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 33536 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3242 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 45 656146471 (C2) HDA temperature 39 55 51539607591 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 55 43333802 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	22.6% Poor	Read 38.5 Write 39.7 Mixed 38.6 29% 38.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.24 79% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 93GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 137862290 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2807 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9000180 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20262 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1899 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 25770262539 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 51 622526500 (C2) HDA temperature 36 49 51539607588 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 22 137862290 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 220 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 94854352757417 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3038471553 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3414973932	49% Average	Read 74.4 Write 96.5 Mixed 101 69% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.43 96% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 68%
ST320005 42AS 2TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 295GB free, PID 2336 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 37.6 Write 40.8 Mixed 17.9 40% 32.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.51 71% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 6,789 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 34.4 106% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 45.1 SC Mixed 32.4 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 125%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,567x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	442x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	316x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $746

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