Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics111% 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 Drive99.7% 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.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateAug 12 '22 at 15:00
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU 13%
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 PC Performing as expected (57th 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 as expected (57th percentile)
81.7% Excellent
Memory 86.7
1-Core 122
2-Core 225
82% 144 Pts
4-Core 413
8-Core 658
66% 535 Pts
64-Core 656
41% 656 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 81.7%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340
Nvidia(10DE 153C) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59
Performing below potential (1st percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (144 fps cap detected)
111% Outstanding
Lighting 144
Reflection 144
Parallax 144
117% 144 fps
MRender 144
Gravity 134
Splatting 115
106% 131 fps
Poor: 116%
This bench: 111%
Great: 136%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MAT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 78 59 64 63 59 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
99.7% Outstanding
Read 505
Write 482
Mixed 315
SusWrite 92.2
78% 349 MB/s
4K Read 39.8
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 54.4
188% 67.6 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 325
DQ Mixed 306
242% 336 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 99.7%
Great: 114%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94
163GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 469 465 476 489 489 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
131% Outstanding
Read 501
Write 488
Mixed 400
SusWrite 473
105% 465 MB/s
4K Read 46.7
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 63.9
215% 76.1 MB/s
DQ Read 368
DQ Write 317
DQ Mixed 337
254% 341 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 131%
Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40
3TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 209 210 209 208 209 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 194
Write 139
Mixed 89.2
SusWrite 208
115% 157 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 115%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74% Very good
MC Read 26.4
MC Write 28.3
MC Mixed 23.1
74% 25.9 GB/s
SC Read 17.3
SC Write 29.5
SC Mixed 24.2
68% 23.7 GB/s
Latency 70.7
57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 74%
Great: 115%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,107 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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