Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 31%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 24%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics35.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171227
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateMar 30 '19 at 20:59
Run Duration117 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing above expectations (74th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$170
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
88.6% Excellent
Memory 94.1
1-Core 148
2-Core 267
95% 169 Pts
4-Core 485
8-Core 458
64% 472 Pts
64-Core 512
32% 512 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 88.6%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
35.5% Below average
Lighting 45.9
Reflection 31.7
Parallax 43
37% 40.2 fps
MRender 37.9
Gravity 42.3
Splatting 37
32% 39 fps
Poor: 27%
This bench: 35.5%
Great: 33%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39
268GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 106 114 112 110 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
74.8% Very good
Read 150
Write 148
Mixed 105
SusWrite 111
95% 128 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
211% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 74.8%
Great: 109%
MD07500- AQDW-RO 750GB
411GB free, PID 0c31
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 37 38 38 38 38 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
20.4% Poor
Read 37.8
Write 28.5
Mixed 26
SusWrite 37
43% 32.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 9%
This bench: 20.4%
Great: 21%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
39.9% Below average
MC Read 14.8
MC Write 13.6
MC Mixed 11.4
38% 13.3 GB/s
SC Read 10.4
SC Write 10.3
SC Mixed 10.8
30% 10.5 GB/s
Latency 59.5
67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 39.9%
Great: 47%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,181 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 - $200

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $707
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