Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics79.7% 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 Drive66.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150810
Uptime16.8 Days
Run DateSep 24 '18 at 10:41
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User MYS-User
Background CPU 39%

 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
84.3% Excellent
Memory 91.7
1-Core 132
2-Core 217
85% 147 Pts
4-Core 415
8-Core 638
65% 527 Pts
64-Core 738
46% 738 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84.3%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.7
Performing below potential (61st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
79.7% Very good
Lighting 103
Reflection 107
Parallax 97.5
84% 102 fps
MRender 90.7
Gravity 93.3
Splatting 82.6
72% 88.9 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 79.7%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 257 215 200 201 252 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
66.7% Good
Read 341
Write 267
Mixed 210
SusWrite 229
59% 262 MB/s
4K Read 21.6
4K Write 51.4
4K Mixed 19.8
85% 30.9 MB/s
DQ Read 338
DQ Write 266
DQ Mixed 245
199% 283 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 66.7%
Great: 124%
WD WD2003FZEX-00Z4S 2TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 154 153 146 152 156 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
86.4% Excellent
Read 149
Write 120
Mixed 79.9
SusWrite 152
92% 125 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 1
226% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 86.4%
Great: 98%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (31st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
75.3% Very good
MC Read 26.4
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 24.3
75% 26.4 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 29.2
SC Mixed 23.2
67% 23.5 GB/s
Latency 64.6
62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 75.3%
Great: 106%

 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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Intel Core i5-12600K $182Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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