Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
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 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84.9% 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 Drive285% 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.
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 (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161227
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 24 '17 at 18:44
Run Duration104 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 66%
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 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 i7-7700K-$241
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
84.2% Excellent
Memory 86.3
1-Core 132
2-Core 246
87% 155 Pts
4-Core 440
8-Core 796
74% 618 Pts
64-Core 764
47% 764 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.2%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
84.9% Excellent
Lighting 108
Reflection 111
Parallax 95.1
88% 104 fps
MRender 95
Gravity 96.8
Splatting 98.8
80% 96.8 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.9%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
298GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
285% Outstanding
Read 2,493
Write 1,367
Mixed 1,375
384% 1,745 MB/s
4K Read 61.6
4K Write 174
4K Mixed 55
256% 97 MB/s
DQ Read 638
DQ Write 479
DQ Mixed 235
264% 451 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 285%
Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
2TB free
Firmware: HP51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 193
Write 168
Mixed 178
136% 180 MB/s
4K Read 0.74
4K Write 1.72
4K Mixed 0.2
85% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 104%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (15th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70.5% Very good
MC Read 25.9
MC Write 27.5
MC Mixed 23
73% 25.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.5
SC Write 21.9
SC Mixed 20
54% 18.8 GB/s
Latency 71
56% 71 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 70.5%
Great: 125%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,106 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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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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