Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics99.3% 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 Drive89.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 08 '21 at 04:24
Run Duration148 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 21%
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 PC Performing as expected (60th 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 (89th percentile)
86.6% Excellent
Memory 95.9
1-Core 126
2-Core 244
88% 155 Pts
4-Core 417
8-Core 662
66% 539 Pts
64-Core 721
45% 721 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 86.6%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.11
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
99.3% Outstanding
Lighting 123
Reflection 136
Parallax 125
100% 128 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 128
Splatting 114
98% 120 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 99.3%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
CT250MX500SSD4 250GB
39GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR020
SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 252 258 261 261 244 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)
89.7% Excellent
Read 500
Write 260
Mixed 257
SusWrite 243
70% 315 MB/s
4K Read 26.6
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 38
143% 55.4 MB/s
DQ Read 236
DQ Write 256
DQ Mixed 194
160% 228 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 89.7%
Great: 121%
Corsair Force LS 60GB-$57
29GB free
Firmware: S9FM02.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 104 110 101 103 100 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
69.2% Good
Read 505
Write 134
Mixed 166
SusWrite 105
50% 228 MB/s
4K Read 37.8
4K Write 71.3
4K Mixed 24.2
126% 44.4 MB/s
DQ Read 153
DQ Write 88.1
DQ Mixed 10.1
37% 83.9 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 69.2%
Great: 89%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
74GB free
Firmware: 600ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 138 129 123 137 139 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
65.1% Good
Read 294
Write 211
Mixed 228
SusWrite 137
49% 218 MB/s
4K Read 27.3
4K Write 76
4K Mixed 32.8
124% 45.4 MB/s
DQ Read 120
DQ Write 194
DQ Mixed 149
115% 154 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 65.1%
Great: 85%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
100% Outstanding
MC Read 38.2
MC Write 39.5
MC Mixed 28.8
101% 35.5 GB/s
SC Read 22.2
SC Write 42.4
SC Mixed 28.4
88% 31 GB/s
Latency 54.3
74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 100%
Great: 119%

 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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