Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics88.7% 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 Drive54.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150901
Uptime2.2 Days
Run DateSep 18 '18 at 15:04
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User KHM-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing as expected (45th 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 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
77.1% Very good
Memory 83.4
1-Core 113
2-Core 208
77% 135 Pts
4-Core 381
8-Core 629
62% 505 Pts
64-Core 631
39% 631 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 77.1%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88.7% Excellent
Lighting 113
Reflection 122
Parallax 118
92% 118 fps
MRender 101
Gravity 106
Splatting 94.1
82% 101 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX930 120GB-$229
45GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 6.3SE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 98 91 107 108 104 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
54.5% Above average
Read 315
Write 156
Mixed 221
SusWrite 97.8
44% 197 MB/s
4K Read 20.8
4K Write 45.1
4K Mixed 23
85% 29.6 MB/s
DQ Read 282
DQ Write 163
DQ Mixed 92.8
104% 179 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 54.5%
Great: 107%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50
130GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 142 144 143 143 144 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
84.3% Excellent
Read 150
Write 148
Mixed 77.5
SusWrite 143
95% 130 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
181% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 84.3%
Great: 119%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Avexir DDR4-2400 CL16 8GB 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
38.7% Below average
MC Read 13.8
MC Write 13.6
MC Mixed 11.3
37% 12.9 GB/s
SC Read 10.4
SC Write 11.6
SC Mixed 13
33% 11.7 GB/s
Latency 74.5
54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 38.7%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,102 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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