Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics86.6% 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 Drive147% 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.
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)
Memory13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150706
Uptime1.6 Days
Run DateNov 28 '17 at 06:15
Run Duration115 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing as expected (57th 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 4.45 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
100% Outstanding
Memory 95.7
1-Core 148
2-Core 296
99% 180 Pts
4-Core 563
8-Core 824
87% 693 Pts
64-Core 823
51% 823 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 100%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Asus(1043 8549) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1561 MHz, MLim: 1798 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
86.6% Excellent
Lighting 111
Reflection 117
Parallax 101
90% 110 fps
MRender 97.2
Gravity 102
Splatting 92.6
79% 97.4 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 86.6%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
54GB free
Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
83.4% Excellent
Read 500
Write 404
Mixed 417
98% 441 MB/s
4K Read 26.1
4K Write 47.7
4K Mixed 14.9
84% 29.6 MB/s
DQ Read 354
DQ Write 286
DQ Mixed 14.6
94% 218 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 83.4%
Great: 134%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550
16GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 8EV10135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
147% Outstanding
Read 1,492
Write 946
Mixed 1,229
271% 1,223 MB/s
4K Read 23.1
4K Write 49.5
4K Mixed 20.2
87% 31 MB/s
DQ Read 31
DQ Write 119
DQ Mixed 18.2
30% 56 MB/s
Poor: 123%
This bench: 147%
Great: 230%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
80.8% Excellent
MC Read 29.5
MC Write 29.8
MC Mixed 24.6
80% 28 GB/s
SC Read 20
SC Write 31.5
SC Mixed 26.4
74% 26 GB/s
Latency 55.1
73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 80.8%
Great: 90%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,102 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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