Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 67%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics72% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive115% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 23 '19 at 14:42
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 20%
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 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88% Excellent
Memory 92.3
1-Core 86.8
2-Core 221
76% 133 Pts
4-Core 484
8-Core 484
65% 484 Pts
64-Core 500
31% 500 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 88%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
72% Very good
Lighting 79.7
Reflection 88.5
Parallax 77.8
65% 82 fps
MRender 137
Gravity 101
Splatting 85.4
86% 108 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 72%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsun 840 EVO 500G 500GB
303GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 359 405 414 436 442 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 468
Write 296
Mixed 372
SusWrite 417
87% 388 MB/s
4K Read 33.4
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 53.1
184% 70.3 MB/s
DQ Read 256
DQ Write 345
DQ Mixed 203
181% 268 MB/s
Poor: 79%
This bench: 115%
Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
89GB free
Firmware: EMT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 377 250 204 151 156 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Read 464
Write 459
Mixed 402
SusWrite 264
89% 397 MB/s
4K Read 34.1
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 59.1
201% 77.6 MB/s
DQ Read 92.6
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 152
136% 196 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 107%
Great: 134%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (40th percentile)
79.8% Very good
MC Read 28.6
MC Write 30
MC Mixed 25.9
80% 28.2 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 30.3
SC Mixed 24.8
70% 24.4 GB/s
Latency 63.5
63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 79.8%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,094 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
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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