Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics91.2% 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 Drive89.8% 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.
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.
High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150706
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJan 16 '19 at 20:48
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 26%
Watch Gameplay: 2060 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (53rd 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 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
83.4% Excellent
Memory 92.4
1-Core 122
2-Core 228
84% 147 Pts
4-Core 401
8-Core 666
65% 534 Pts
64-Core 710
44% 710 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$296
Nvidia(10DE 12FB) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71
Performing below potential (63rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
91.2% Outstanding
Lighting 116
Reflection 115
Parallax 120
94% 117 fps
MRender 137
Gravity 101
Splatting 85
85% 107 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 91.2%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
28GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 114 110 98 87 85 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
89.8% Excellent
Read 381
Write 373
Mixed 296
SusWrite 135
66% 296 MB/s
4K Read 35
4K Write 85
4K Mixed 48.9
161% 56.3 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 357
269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 89.8%
Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
423GB free
Firmware: CC46
SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 197 192 196 197 197 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 160
Write 165
Mixed 80.7
SusWrite 196
110% 150 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 102%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
73.5% Very good
MC Read 27
MC Write 28.2
MC Mixed 23.6
75% 26.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.1
SC Write 25.7
SC Mixed 20.6
58% 20.1 GB/s
Latency 63.3
63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 73.5%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,139 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: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $755
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Intel Core i5-12600K $175Nvidia RTX 4070 $550Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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