Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 52%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics56.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Run History
7 years ago, 6 years ago.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20160624
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateApr 21 '17 at 20:03
Run Duration83 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (65th 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
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
89.1% Excellent
Memory 93.2
1-Core 135
2-Core 270
92% 166 Pts
4-Core 457
8-Core 745
74% 601 Pts
64-Core 745
46% 745 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 89.1%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325
CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.12.2
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
56.5% Above average
Lighting 70.5
Reflection 63
Parallax 79.9
58% 71.1 fps
MRender 61.8
Gravity 55.5
Splatting 78
55% 65.1 fps
Poor: 45%
This bench: 56.5%
Great: 52%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
385GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
75.6% Very good
Read 133
Write 131
Mixed 125
97% 129 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.28
4K Mixed 0.25
91% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 75.6%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73.1% Very good
MC Read 27.4
MC Write 28
MC Mixed 20.8
73% 25.4 GB/s
SC Read 17.6
SC Write 28.8
SC Mixed 23
66% 23.1 GB/s
Latency 61.8
65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 73.1%
Great: 111%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,107 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: 69% - Good Total price: $958
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HDDRAMUSB
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