Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics100% 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 Drive84.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160624
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 21 '19 at 15:47
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (62nd 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 (93rd percentile)
88.5% Excellent
Memory 93.5
1-Core 133
2-Core 240
88% 155 Pts
4-Core 450
8-Core 730
72% 590 Pts
64-Core 721
45% 721 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 88.5%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30
Performing below potential (29th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
100% Outstanding
Lighting 123
Reflection 115
Parallax 120
100% 119 fps
MRender 171
Gravity 119
Splatting 96.5
102% 129 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 100%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 830 512GB-$500
359GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXM03B1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 381 381 383 383 384 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
84.9% Excellent
Read 484
Write 385
Mixed 276
SusWrite 382
86% 382 MB/s
4K Read 22.2
4K Write 73.2
4K Mixed 28.5
109% 41.3 MB/s
DQ Read 292
DQ Write 106
DQ Mixed 155
126% 184 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 84.9%
Great: 85%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107
227GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 132 125 133 133 126 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
68.9% Good
Read 116
Write 98
Mixed 102
SusWrite 125
82% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 68.9%
Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113
1.5TB free
Firmware: 04.05G04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 92 92 92 92 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
50.5% Above average
Read 83.5
Write 92.2
Mixed 65.2
SusWrite 92
61% 83.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 50.5%
Great: 60%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
GEIL CL16-16-16 D4-3200 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (31st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71.9% Very good
MC Read 27
MC Write 27.6
MC Mixed 20.3
71% 25 GB/s
SC Read 17.5
SC Write 27.8
SC Mixed 22
64% 22.4 GB/s
Latency 61.1
66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 71.9%
Great: 106%

 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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