Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 100%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics88.5% 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 Drive113% 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.
Run History
7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160829
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 03 '16 at 23:15
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User BIH-User
Background CPU1%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing way above expectations (86th 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 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
98.4% Outstanding
Memory 96.8
1-Core 146
2-Core 293
99% 179 Pts
4-Core 538
8-Core 816
84% 677 Pts
64-Core 817
51% 817 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 98.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
88.5% Excellent
Lighting 112
Reflection 118
Parallax 114
92% 115 fps
MRender 101
Gravity 103
Splatting 99
82% 101 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90
160GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Read 499
Write 394
Mixed 414
97% 435 MB/s
4K Read 35
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 49.6
174% 64.4 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 287
DQ Mixed 120
148% 263 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 113%
Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38
2TB free
Firmware: 0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 194
Write 191
Mixed 181
142% 189 MB/s
4K Read 0.79
4K Write 1.66
4K Mixed 0.23
89% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 110%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
104% Outstanding
MC Read 37.9
MC Write 39.3
MC Mixed 31.7
104% 36.3 GB/s
SC Read 23.7
SC Write 43.6
SC Mixed 33.1
96% 33.5 GB/s
Latency 51.2
78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 104%
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 7,167 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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HDDRAMUSB
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