Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics134% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160624
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 14 '18 at 19:39
Run Duration154 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU 58%

 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
73.2% Very good
Memory 83.1
1-Core 87.6
2-Core 182
68% 117 Pts
4-Core 341
8-Core 648
59% 494 Pts
64-Core 638
40% 638 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 73.2%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
134% Outstanding
Lighting 189
Reflection 200
Parallax 204
154% 198 fps
MRender 127
Gravity 183
Splatting 127
118% 146 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 134%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB
139GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 242 260 265 235 236 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
116% Outstanding
Read 1,380
Write 256
Mixed 351
SusWrite 245
121% 558 MB/s
4K Read 22.5
4K Write 71.2
4K Mixed 31.4
112% 41.7 MB/s
DQ Read 232
DQ Write 290
DQ Mixed 269
201% 264 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 116%
Great: 133%
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76
36GB free
Firmware: 603ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 74 72 72 72 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
40.6% Average
Read 324
Write 82.5
Mixed 116
SusWrite 72.3
32% 149 MB/s
4K Read 24.1
4K Write 15.7
4K Mixed 19.2
69% 19.7 MB/s
DQ Read 58.2
DQ Write 24.3
DQ Mixed 32.8
26% 38.4 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 40.6%
Great: 69%
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76
55GB free
Firmware: 541ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 47 51 51 52 49 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
24.9% Poor
Read 146
Write 56
Mixed 71
SusWrite 50.3
18% 80.8 MB/s
4K Read 17.4
4K Write 9.6
4K Mixed 13.2
48% 13.4 MB/s
DQ Read 36.5
DQ Write 16.7
DQ Mixed 23
18% 25.4 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 24.9%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
65.7% Good
MC Read 25.2
MC Write 26.9
MC Mixed 20.2
69% 24.1 GB/s
SC Read 12.8
SC Write 16.5
SC Mixed 17.2
44% 15.5 GB/s
Latency 74.9
53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 65.7%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,095 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $972
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