Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics89.9% 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 Drive88.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Run History
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20171227
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateOct 28 '18 at 17:49
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (85th 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
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
87.4% Excellent
Memory 93.1
1-Core 131
2-Core 269
91% 164 Pts
4-Core 440
8-Core 746
72% 593 Pts
64-Core 744
46% 744 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 87.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
89.9% Excellent
Lighting 114
Reflection 122
Parallax 103
93% 113 fps
MRender 98.7
Gravity 105
Splatting 103
84% 102 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 89.9%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshib Q300. 240GB
32GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM
SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 152 152 152 157 158 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
88.5% Excellent
Read 483
Write 455
Mixed 375
SusWrite 162
83% 369 MB/s
4K Read 26.6
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 36.7
147% 58.8 MB/s
DQ Read 356
DQ Write 291
DQ Mixed 191
179% 279 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 88.5%
Great: 94%
Seagate STM3250318AS 250GB
126GB free
Firmware: CC38
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 103 105 104 98 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
58.5% Above average
Read 101
Write 101
Mixed 58.7
SusWrite 103
67% 90.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 58.5%
Great: 68%
Intenso External USB 3.0 2TB
1.5TB free, PID 0579
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 110 112 110 111 110 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
44.6% Average
Read 114
Write 109
Mixed 36.9
SusWrite 110
122% 92.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
64% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 9%
This bench: 44.6%
Great: 48%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
77.5% Very good
MC Read 27.4
MC Write 29
MC Mixed 24.3
77% 26.9 GB/s
SC Read 18.9
SC Write 31.1
SC Mixed 25.6
72% 25.2 GB/s
Latency 61.9
65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 77.5%
Great: 113%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,110 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: 70% - Good Total price: $953
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