Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 107%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 92%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive197% 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.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 23 '18 at 15:16
Run Duration167 Seconds
Run User BIH-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (90th 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 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
93.1% Outstanding
Memory 97.3
1-Core 135
2-Core 268
93% 167 Pts
4-Core 480
8-Core 733
75% 606 Pts
64-Core 768
48% 768 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 93.1%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245
CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2624 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.98
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Lighting 149
Reflection 154
Parallax 144
122% 149 fps
MRender 120
Gravity 140
Splatting 109
99% 123 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 111%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$60
44GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 519 445 413 424 336 321 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
197% Outstanding
Read 1,816
Write 635
Mixed 645
SusWrite 410
192% 876 MB/s
4K Read 50.2
4K Write 154
4K Mixed 57.3
231% 87.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1097
DQ Write 238
DQ Mixed 403
364% 579 MB/s
Poor: 113%
This bench: 197%
Great: 213%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
179GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 314 314 314 315 314 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 495
Write 466
Mixed 410
SusWrite 331
96% 425 MB/s
4K Read 40.7
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 57.3
188% 66 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 345
DQ Mixed 359
271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 115%
Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90
81GB free
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 456 467 475 471 475 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
125% Outstanding
Read 491
Write 470
Mixed 403
SusWrite 468
103% 458 MB/s
4K Read 43
4K Write 97.6
4K Mixed 58.9
192% 66.5 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 361
272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 125%
Great: 134%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28
29GB free, PID 5580
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 94 94 95 93 95 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
94.1% Outstanding
Read 249
Write 65
Mixed 67.7
SusWrite 94.9
133% 119 MB/s
4K Read 12.5
4K Write 11.2
4K Mixed 8.5
716% 10.7 MB/s
DQ Read 13.2
DQ Write 12.7
DQ Mixed 10.6
841% 12.2 MB/s
Poor: 25%
This bench: 94.1%
Great: 93%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
112% Outstanding
MC Read 42.8
MC Write 44.9
MC Mixed 31.5
114% 39.7 GB/s
SC Read 24.3
SC Write 47.4
SC Mixed 34.2
101% 35.3 GB/s
Latency 49.1
81% 49.1 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 112%
Great: 128%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,120 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: 88% - Excellent Total price: $803
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