Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 121%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 102%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics130% 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 Drive218% 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.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateSep 28 '22 at 06:43
Run Duration204 Seconds
Run User PAN-User
Background CPU9%
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 PC Performing above expectations (67th 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 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
91.7% Outstanding
Memory 96.6
1-Core 138
2-Core 266
94% 167 Pts
4-Core 468
8-Core 701
73% 584 Pts
64-Core 655
40% 655 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 91.7%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$394
Zotac(19DA 3500) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 517.48
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
130% Outstanding
Lighting 175
Reflection 178
Parallax 196
142% 183 fps
MRender 189
Gravity 153
Splatting 133
127% 158 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 130%
Great: 134%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
170GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 851 588 547 466 566 554 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
218% Outstanding
Read 2382
Write 2,022
Mixed 1,548
SusWrite 596
365% 1,637 MB/s
4K Read 48.5
4K Write 78.8
4K Mixed 57.3
189% 61.5 MB/s
DQ Read 752
DQ Write 479
DQ Mixed 663
481% 631 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 218%
Great: 340%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
130GB free
Firmware: EXT0DB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 273 274 273 266 240 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 493
Write 473
Mixed 430
SusWrite 280
94% 419 MB/s
4K Read 39.3
4K Write 73.1
4K Mixed 48
160% 53.5 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 231
210% 319 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 103%
Great: 118%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151
1TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 146 147 147 146 146 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
90.1% Outstanding
Read 168
Write 135
Mixed 81.9
SusWrite 146
97% 133 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.1
220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 61%
This bench: 90.1%
Great: 100%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
94.8% Outstanding
MC Read 34.2
MC Write 36.5
MC Mixed 31.6
97% 34.1 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 33.7
SC Mixed 26.2
73% 25.5 GB/s
Latency 51.8
77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 94.8%
Great: 103%

 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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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair 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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