Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 102%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics109% 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 Drive221% 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.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170629
Uptime6.7 Days
Run DateJul 08 '19 at 21:30
Run Duration109 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (70th 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 (99th percentile)
92.1% Outstanding
Memory 91.4
1-Core 134
2-Core 268
91% 164 Pts
4-Core 500
8-Core 740
77% 620 Pts
64-Core 738
46% 738 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 92.1%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Lighting 144
Reflection 156
Parallax 131
118% 144 fps
MRender 119
Gravity 138
Splatting 114
101% 124 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 109%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
292GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 622 611 608 607 607 604 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
221% Outstanding
Read 1,955
Write 1,622
Mixed 634
SusWrite 610
267% 1,205 MB/s
4K Read 41.7
4K Write 135
4K Mixed 57.6
208% 78.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,009
DQ Write 879
DQ Mixed 845
660% 911 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 221%
Great: 254%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4-3000C15-8GTZB F4-3000C15-8GTZ F4-3000C15-8GTZB F4-3000C15-8GTZ 32GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (29th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.4% Very good
MC Read 26.7
MC Write 28
MC Mixed 23.4
74% 26 GB/s
SC Read 15.4
SC Write 30.5
SC Mixed 24.4
67% 23.4 GB/s
Latency 65.2
61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 74.4%
Great: 98%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,090 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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