Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	62.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '16 at 11:11
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 152 2-Core 294 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 832 87% 696 Pts	64-Core 835 52% 835 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Lighting 79.9 Reflection 81.1 Parallax 71.9 65% 77.6 fps	MRender 79.9 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 64.6 59% 72.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 358GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2416 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1796 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 67 58 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 390 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12548527026
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 206GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2415 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1798 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 69 57 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 97 97 2121 (EB) Unknown 99 99 405 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8272858328	102% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 350 Mixed 358 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 89.8 4K Mixed 30.8 159% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 98 130% 238 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 126%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 93GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 13818366 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -30331059041072 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 598 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 221 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 75 77314326558 (C2) HDA temperature 30 75 77314326558 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13818366 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13818366 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13818366 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3911 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3927 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3927 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4559	76.7% Very good	Read 479 Write 141 Mixed 225 61% 282 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 23.4 141% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 54.2 73% 134 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 73%
Kingston DT HyperX 3.0 126GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 118GB free, PID 162b, Kingston Data Travler HiperX 128gb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 238 Write 111 Mixed 89.4 160% 146 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.86 102% 3.98 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 1,595 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 34.1 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 33.6 97% 33.9 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,603x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	854x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	604x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	999x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	899x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	476x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	319x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	181x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	351x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	256x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	138x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $707

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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