Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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.
Graphics75.1% 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 Drive79.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170125
Uptime6.3 Days
Run DateMar 09 '19 at 00:12
Run Duration156 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing below expectations (38th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$219
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
83.4% Excellent
Memory 88.9
1-Core 133
2-Core 260
89% 160 Pts
4-Core 419
8-Core 743
70% 581 Pts
64-Core 736
46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.81
Performing below potential (29th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
75.1% Very good
Lighting 97.3
Reflection 102
Parallax 91.5
79% 97 fps
MRender 85
Gravity 89.8
Splatting 73.5
67% 82.8 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 75.1%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsai Force GT 180GB
54GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.3.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 146 157 152 148 144 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
79.8% Very good
Read 359
Write 198
Mixed 231
SusWrite 151
52% 235 MB/s
4K Read 31.4
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 36.3
154% 60.5 MB/s
DQ Read 233
DQ Write 195
DQ Mixed 196
152% 208 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 79.8%
Great: 80%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150
65GB free
Firmware: EXT0CB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 191 189 117 81 41 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
82.6% Excellent
Read 374
Write 202
Mixed 255
SusWrite 135
54% 241 MB/s
4K Read 38.6
4K Write 68.7
4K Mixed 47.8
156% 51.7 MB/s
DQ Read 264
DQ Write 210
DQ Mixed 192
156% 222 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 82.6%
Great: 126%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200
175GB free
Firmware: MU03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 191 189 249 317 347 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
61.6% Good
Read 337
Write 383
Mixed 217
SusWrite 247
67% 296 MB/s
4K Read 23.1
4K Write 47
4K Mixed 28.9
97% 33 MB/s
DQ Read 79.9
DQ Write 47.1
DQ Mixed 57.4
44% 61.5 MB/s
Poor: 61%
This bench: 61.6%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (15th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73.5% Very good
MC Read 27.5
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 23.4
76% 26.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 24.6
SC Mixed 21.1
57% 20 GB/s
Latency 68.6
58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 73.5%
Great: 136%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,168 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: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $792
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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260Nvidia RTX 4060 $293Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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Intel Core i5-12600K $171Nvidia RTX 4070 $550Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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