Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics82.9% 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 Drive170% 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.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160128
Uptime2.9 Days
Run DateNov 18 '17 at 21:08
Run Duration114 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (68th 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 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
97.4% Outstanding
Memory 92.8
1-Core 147
2-Core 289
97% 176 Pts
4-Core 549
8-Core 809
85% 679 Pts
64-Core 806
50% 806 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 97.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing below potential (80th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.9% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 110
Parallax 104
86% 107 fps
MRender 92.9
Gravity 98.5
Splatting 88.3
76% 93.2 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 82.9%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250
116GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
170% Outstanding
Read 1,486
Write 762
Mixed 928
233% 1,058 MB/s
4K Read 49.1
4K Write 158
4K Mixed 30.3
197% 79.1 MB/s
DQ Read 50.9
DQ Write 264
DQ Mixed 30.6
61% 115 MB/s
Poor: 131%
This bench: 170%
Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
95.3% Outstanding
Read 169
Write 164
Mixed 134
116% 156 MB/s
4K Read 0.73
4K Write 1.84
4K Mixed 0.28
96% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 95.3%
Great: 105%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
75% Very good
MC Read 26.9
MC Write 27.5
MC Mixed 23.5
74% 26 GB/s
SC Read 18.5
SC Write 30
SC Mixed 25.2
70% 24.6 GB/s
Latency 62.4
64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 75%
Great: 101%

 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
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair 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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