Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 84%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics108% 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 Drive118% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 20 '19 at 18:37
Run Duration154 Seconds
Run User BEL-User
Background CPU 19%
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 PC Performing above expectations (69th 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 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
86.9% Excellent
Memory 92.7
1-Core 134
2-Core 260
91% 162 Pts
4-Core 436
8-Core 738
71% 587 Pts
64-Core 722
45% 722 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 86.9%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 136
Reflection 128
Parallax 145
111% 137 fps
MRender 182
Gravity 130
Splatting 103
109% 138 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 108%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB
216GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT21B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 345 342 361 356 341 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
118% Outstanding
Read 466
Write 432
Mixed 338
SusWrite 366
90% 400 MB/s
4K Read 43.8
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 59.3
200% 70.8 MB/s
DQ Read 335
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 362
266% 348 MB/s
Poor: 79%
This bench: 118%
Great: 131%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$108
4.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 138 131 144 142 137 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
69% Good
Read 102
Write 128
Mixed 59
SusWrite 138
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 5.7
4K Mixed 0.6
193% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 69%
Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40
791GB free
Firmware: CC24
SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 178 172 178 177 172 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
90.3% Outstanding
Read 140
Write 121
Mixed 77.5
SusWrite 176
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 90.3%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
76.9% Very good
MC Read 28
MC Write 29
MC Mixed 23.8
77% 26.9 GB/s
SC Read 18.6
SC Write 30
SC Mixed 23.6
69% 24.1 GB/s
Latency 62.8
64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 76.9%
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 7,095 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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