Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 195%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 166%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics225% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive260% 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.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 03 '21 at 00:55
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (81st 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 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
89.1% Excellent
Memory 88.7
1-Core 134
2-Core 265
90% 163 Pts
4-Core 482
8-Core 720
75% 601 Pts
64-Core 734
45% 734 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 89.1%
Great: 90%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,306
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 466.27
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
225% Outstanding
Lighting 339
Reflection 297
Parallax 367
277% 335 fps
MRender 369
Gravity 267
Splatting 191
216% 276 fps
Poor: 185%
This bench: 225%
Great: 230%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.03% Terrible
Lighting 7.4
Reflection 9.7
Parallax 8.8
6% 8.63 fps
MRender 10.2
Gravity 7.6
Splatting 13.9
9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.03%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
352GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 814 1023 1162 1161 1173 1143 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
260% Outstanding
Read 1987
Write 1,358
Mixed 778
SusWrite 1,079
289% 1,300 MB/s
4K Read 48.2
4K Write 182
4K Mixed 66.7
255% 99.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,266
DQ Write 382
DQ Mixed 455
432% 701 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 260%
Great: 283%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130
584GB free
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 405 476 468 475 460 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
136% Outstanding
Read 475
Write 452
Mixed 420
SusWrite 430
100% 444 MB/s
4K Read 50.4
4K Write 134
4K Mixed 70.8
238% 85.1 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 362
272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 136%
Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$88
2TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 165 172 172 171 160 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
73.9% Very good
Read 93.1
Write 137
Mixed 66
SusWrite 164
84% 115 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
72% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 73.9%
Great: 85%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Patriot 3000 C16 Series 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (28th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.7% Very good
MC Read 26.8
MC Write 28.7
MC Mixed 22.8
75% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 18.6
SC Write 30.9
SC Mixed 23.4
69% 24.3 GB/s
Latency 68.8
58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 74.7%
Great: 124%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,095 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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