Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics89.6% 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 Drive244% 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 (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171227
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 11 '19 at 16:50
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 21%
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 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
80.3% Excellent
Memory 81.9
1-Core 127
2-Core 253
85% 154 Pts
4-Core 423
8-Core 710
69% 566 Pts
64-Core 661
41% 661 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 80.3%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
89.6% Excellent
Lighting 115
Reflection 118
Parallax 99.1
93% 110 fps
MRender 96.7
Gravity 102
Splatting 102
82% 100 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 89.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92
189GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1118 298 299 300 298 299 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
244% Outstanding
Read 2,329
Write 1,460
Mixed 1,200
SusWrite 436
300% 1356 MB/s
4K Read 59.7
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 78.1
265% 92.7 MB/s
DQ Read 965
DQ Write 932
DQ Mixed 979
727% 959 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 244%
Great: 280%
ST4000DM001-1FK17N 4TB
2.5TB free
Firmware: CC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 51 60 57 55 149 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
7.8% Terrible
Read 57.2
Write 91.8
Mixed 28.5
SusWrite 69.1
14% 61.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 6.2
4K Mixed 0.5
4% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 8%
This bench: 7.8%
Great: 17%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 91 89 99 68 114 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
56.6% Above average
Read 110
Write 79.5
Mixed 37.3
SusWrite 88.3
57% 78.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.2
46% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 56.6%
Great: 83%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2230 MHz
Performing below potential (24th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
72.6% Very good
MC Read 26.4
MC Write 28.7
MC Mixed 23.3
75% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 16.8
SC Write 28.3
SC Mixed 17
59% 20.7 GB/s
Latency 77.1
52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 72.6%
Great: 111%

 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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