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Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	58.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '18 at 05:30
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	CRI-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$90 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 102 2-Core 206 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 416 52% 398 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2972) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 62.6 Reflection 64.3 Parallax 57.3 51% 61.4 fps	Gravity 58.4 Splatting 51 48% 54.7 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$95 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 28554925 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 119915486904520 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 102 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 4 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 44 85902229533 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 85902229533 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 28554925 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 28554925 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 28554925 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294965054 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1899 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1899 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1698 (F4) Unknown 98 98 6881353	58.8% Above average	Read 487 Write 170 Mixed 208 63% 288 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 9.37 75% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 49.7 71% 129 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$34 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 182GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896895161 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1783 (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 100 100 3273 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1236 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1783 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1783 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 176094904349 (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 0	55.2% Above average	Read 110 Write 82.5 Mixed 102 74% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 CMK8GX4M2A2666C16 CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 CMK8GX4M2A2666C16 16GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 30.2 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 23.7 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 90%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,809x
Core i5-6600KIntel $90Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	888x
Core i7-7700KIntel $148Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	632x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,042x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	937x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $237Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	499x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	462x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	333x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	188x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	359x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	274x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	141x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $688

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