Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics102% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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)
Memory11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170125
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateOct 15 '18 at 22:09
Run Duration107 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU10%
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 PC Performing above expectations (64th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
92.5% Outstanding
Memory 91.3
1-Core 143
2-Core 280
95% 171 Pts
4-Core 504
8-Core 747
78% 626 Pts
64-Core 764
47% 764 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 92.5%
Great: 92%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16
Performing below potential (51st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 133
Reflection 144
Parallax 134
108% 137 fps
MRender 107
Gravity 129
Splatting 106
93% 114 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 102%
Great: 110%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
7.26% Terrible
Lighting 7.7
Reflection 11
Parallax 7.62
6% 8.78 fps
MRender 10.1
Gravity 6.9
Splatting 15
9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.26%
Great: 7%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
289GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 158 169 151 174 176 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
100% Outstanding
Read 191
Write 178
Mixed 81
SusWrite 159
111% 152 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.9
156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 100%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMK8GX4M1A2400C14 CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 16GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
59.9% Above average
MC Read 22.9
MC Write 20.6
MC Mixed 18.3
59% 20.6 GB/s
SC Read 15.3
SC Write 20.9
SC Mixed 19.8
53% 18.7 GB/s
Latency 65.3
61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 59.9%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,147 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: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $755
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HDDRAMUSB
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