Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics74.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive270% 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.
Run History
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 14 '19 at 13:14
Run Duration136 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing as expected (55th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
88.7% Excellent
Memory 92.7
1-Core 128
2-Core 224
85% 149 Pts
4-Core 457
8-Core 704
72% 580 Pts
64-Core 702
44% 702 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
PNY(196E 119D) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20
Performing below potential (21st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
74.9% Very good
Lighting 92
Reflection 102
Parallax 98.1
75% 97.2 fps
MRender 92.6
Gravity 88.8
Splatting 92.4
75% 91.3 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$80
121GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1128 983 1121 1164 229 178 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
270% Outstanding
Read 2,150
Write 1,103
Mixed 1,078
SusWrite 800
284% 1,283 MB/s
4K Read 66
4K Write 172
4K Mixed 88.8
305% 109 MB/s
DQ Read 821
DQ Write 1,021
DQ Mixed 644
563% 829 MB/s
Poor: 104%
This bench: 270%
Great: 241%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31
315GB free
Firmware: CC4D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 169 168 172 169 173 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
94.8% Outstanding
Read 160
Write 138
Mixed 85
SusWrite 170
101% 138 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 94.8%
Great: 112%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65
184GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 55 56 56 56 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)
33.1% Below average
Read 59.8
Write 53.7
Mixed 47.7
SusWrite 55.1
40% 54.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
108% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 33.1%
Great: 57%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (37th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
81.7% Excellent
MC Read 29.4
MC Write 31.1
MC Mixed 25.7
82% 28.7 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 32.2
SC Mixed 26
73% 25.7 GB/s
Latency 62.8
64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 81.7%
Great: 118%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,106 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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HDDRAMUSB
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