Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 120%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 104%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics137% 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 Drive241% 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.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 29 '19 at 20:03
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 27%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st 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 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
89% Excellent
Memory 95.3
1-Core 127
2-Core 264
90% 162 Pts
4-Core 445
8-Core 727
72% 586 Pts
64-Core 780
48% 780 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 89%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Zotac(19DA 1471) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3011 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
137% Outstanding
Lighting 193
Reflection 209
Parallax 211
157% 204 fps
MRender 133
Gravity 193
Splatting 135
124% 154 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 137%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB
152GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1102 1160 1191 1174 1208 1158 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
241% Outstanding
Read 1,608
Write 1,192
Mixed 779
SusWrite 1,166
265% 1,186 MB/s
4K Read 48.2
4K Write 142
4K Mixed 60.8
226% 83.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,219
DQ Write 390
DQ Mixed 570
482% 727 MB/s
Poor: 133%
This bench: 241%
Great: 247%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$139
8TB free
Firmware: DN01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 196 201 199 202 199 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 111%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2C3000C15 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
54% Above average
MC Read 19.4
MC Write 18.7
MC Mixed 15.3
51% 17.8 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 19.6
SC Mixed 18.6
51% 17.9 GB/s
Latency 56.3
71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 54%
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 7,107 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: 69% - Good Total price: $958
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HDDRAMUSB
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