Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 59%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160624
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 30 '20 at 13:43
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User LTU-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (77th 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, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
88.9% Excellent
Memory 93.7
1-Core 126
2-Core 253
88% 158 Pts
4-Core 486
8-Core 488
65% 487 Pts
64-Core 498
31% 498 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 88.9%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.48
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
61.6% Good
Lighting 76.6
Reflection 78.5
Parallax 68.1
62% 74.4 fps
MRender 71.4
Gravity 71.9
Splatting 75.1
60% 72.8 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 61.6%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Transcend SSD220 240GB-$35
70GB free
Firmware: P0624AA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 132 55 55 55 55 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
95.6% Outstanding
Read 509
Write 449
Mixed 406
SusWrite 86.5
81% 363 MB/s
4K Read 34.3
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 50.9
180% 67.7 MB/s
DQ Read 318
DQ Write 326
DQ Mixed 247
206% 297 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 95.6%
Great: 93%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66
931GB free
Firmware: M3CR032
SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 435 457 466 474 473 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
128% Outstanding
Read 511
Write 476
Mixed 412
SusWrite 460
105% 464 MB/s
4K Read 39.5
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 61.6
203% 73.9 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 350
DQ Mixed 289
238% 340 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 128%
Great: 125%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
865GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX4OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 115 126 132 134 134 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
87.2% Excellent
Read 175
Write 177
Mixed 24.7
SusWrite 129
91% 126 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
156% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 87.2%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Patriot 3600 C17 Series 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (21st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73.8% Very good
MC Read 27.3
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 21.8
74% 25.9 GB/s
SC Read 17
SC Write 27.2
SC Mixed 22.1
63% 22.1 GB/s
Latency 60.6
66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 73.8%
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 7,106 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: 69% - Good Total price: $958
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HDDRAMUSB
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