Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics106% 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 Drive62.5% 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)
Memory8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160325
Uptime4.9 Days
Run DateJun 08 '20 at 21:17
Run Duration153 Seconds
Run User ARG-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing as expected (42nd 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 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
87.6% Excellent
Memory 94.9
1-Core 128
2-Core 254
89% 159 Pts
4-Core 433
8-Core 706
70% 569 Pts
64-Core 706
44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 87.6%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
106% Outstanding
Lighting 138
Reflection 151
Parallax 140
113% 143 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 135
Splatting 109
97% 120 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 106%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270
37GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 73 148 63 49 55 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
62.5% Good
Read 346
Write 427
Mixed 75.5
SusWrite 80.8
52% 232 MB/s
4K Read 29.8
4K Write 46.7
4K Mixed 34.3
114% 36.9 MB/s
DQ Read 305
DQ Write 65.5
DQ Mixed 112
101% 161 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 62.5%
Great: 104%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49
130GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 35 37 40 39 40 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
47.3% Average
Read 126
Write 36.7
Mixed 48
SusWrite 38.2
46% 62.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.7
139% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 47.3%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
54.5% Above average
MC Read 19.8
MC Write 18.9
MC Mixed 15.6
52% 18.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 19.8
SC Mixed 18.2
51% 17.9 GB/s
Latency 57.3
70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 54.5%
Great: 105%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,088 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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Intel Core i5-12600K $186Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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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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