Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics83% 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 Drive307% 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.
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.
Run History
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MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateMay 18 '22 at 07:16
Run Duration213 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU0%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (84th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
91.9% Outstanding
Memory 97.7
1-Core 136
2-Core 273
94% 169 Pts
4-Core 464
8-Core 762
75% 613 Pts
64-Core 741
46% 741 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 91.9%
Great: 92%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.77
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
83% Excellent
Lighting 102
Reflection 171
Parallax 107
83% 126 fps
MRender 103
Gravity 102
Splatting 102
84% 102 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 83%
Great: 88%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1960
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
5.66% Terrible
Lighting 7.4
Reflection 10
Parallax 8.9
6% 8.77 fps
MRender 11.9
Gravity 8.8
Splatting 0.1
5% 6.93 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.66%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
305GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 978 858 834 819 788 800 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
307% Outstanding
Read 2,634
Write 2,427
Mixed 1,862
SusWrite 846
434% 1,942 MB/s
4K Read 69.7
4K Write 183
4K Mixed 95.6
325% 116 MB/s
DQ Read 1,197
DQ Write 1,004
DQ Mixed 1,074
812% 1,092 MB/s
Poor: 178%
This bench: 307%
Great: 355%
Team T253X2001T 1TB
478GB free
Firmware: T0910A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 435 430 435 436 185 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
98.3% Outstanding
Read 501
Write 434
Mixed 414
SusWrite 393
98% 436 MB/s
4K Read 30
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 31.8
144% 57 MB/s
DQ Read 177
DQ Write 317
DQ Mixed 49
93% 181 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 98.3%
Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31
931GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 169 166 168 169 168 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 195
Write 158
Mixed 109
SusWrite 168
116% 158 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.2
242% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 104%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Patriot 4400 C19 Series 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
118% Outstanding
MC Read 44.8
MC Write 47.8
MC Mixed 32.2
119% 41.6 GB/s
SC Read 25
SC Write 50.2
SC Mixed 34.9
105% 36.7 GB/s
Latency 47.5
84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 118%
Great: 135%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,126 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: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $742
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HDDRAMUSB
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