Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84.3% 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 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20171227
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 14 '18 at 13:06
Run Duration109 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (82nd 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 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
87.9% Excellent
Memory 93.8
1-Core 158
2-Core 301
101% 184 Pts
4-Core 458
8-Core 556
66% 507 Pts
64-Core 542
34% 542 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 87.9%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
84.3% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 115
Parallax 109
86% 110 fps
MRender 98.5
Gravity 97.9
Splatting 96.9
80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.3%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
125GB free
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
238% Outstanding
Read 2,439
Write 1,195
Mixed 1,314
362% 1,649 MB/s
4K Read 46.6
4K Write 134
4K Mixed 49.7
205% 76.6 MB/s
DQ Read 45.8
DQ Write 169
DQ Mixed 20.8
41% 78.6 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 238%
Great: 236%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80
256GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
55.6% Above average
Read 97.5
Write 96.1
Mixed 97.5
73% 97 MB/s
4K Read 0.65
4K Write 1.76
4K Mixed 0.43
107% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 55.6%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
80.5% Excellent
MC Read 29.1
MC Write 30.3
MC Mixed 24.8
80% 28.1 GB/s
SC Read 19.9
SC Write 32
SC Mixed 25.4
74% 25.8 GB/s
Latency 60.2
66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 80.5%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,088 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) $35Corsair 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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