Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics87.7% 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 Drive74.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160325
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 12 '19 at 14:41
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (67th 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 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
84.8% Excellent
Memory 90.2
1-Core 126
2-Core 227
84% 148 Pts
4-Core 428
8-Core 719
70% 573 Pts
64-Core 714
44% 714 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84.8%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
87.7% Excellent
Lighting 108
Reflection 112
Parallax 96.8
88% 106 fps
MRender 94.4
Gravity 121
Splatting 102
86% 106 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 87.7%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42
36GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z22000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 194 203 201 203 203 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
74.5% Very good
Read 482
Write 196
Mixed 200
SusWrite 196
59% 268 MB/s
4K Read 28.1
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 13.2
124% 54.3 MB/s
DQ Read 164
DQ Write 203
DQ Mixed 80.1
89% 149 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 74.5%
Great: 78%
WDC WDS250G2B0A-00SM50 250GB
92GB free
Firmware: 401000WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 232 226 227 224 228 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Read 506
Write 466
Mixed 288
SusWrite 232
83% 373 MB/s
4K Read 28.2
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 56.4
181% 69.6 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 325
DQ Mixed 259
220% 321 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 107%
Great: 105%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30
332GB free
Firmware: MS2OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 131 140 122 142 141 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
87.3% Excellent
Read 171
Write 144
Mixed 35.8
SusWrite 134
88% 121 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 87.3%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G KHX2133C14D4/8G 16GB
2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
71.6% Very good
MC Read 27.2
MC Write 27.8
MC Mixed 20.6
72% 25.2 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 26.1
SC Mixed 22.2
62% 21.6 GB/s
Latency 66.9
60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 71.6%
Great: 85%

 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
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