Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics90.3% 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 Drive77.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.
Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160128
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 30 '22 at 13:08
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU 39%
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 PC Performing above expectations (69th 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 above expectations (84th percentile)
85.7% Excellent
Memory 92.3
1-Core 116
2-Core 251
86% 153 Pts
4-Core 427
8-Core 689
68% 558 Pts
64-Core 698
43% 698 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 85.7%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
Gigabyte(1458 3FC0) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 512.15
Performing below potential (53rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
90.3% Outstanding
Lighting 113
Reflection 107
Parallax 111
92% 110 fps
MRender 133
Gravity 99.5
Splatting 91.6
86% 108 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 90.3%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$31
199GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 196 192 194 192 195 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
77.3% Very good
Read 323
Write 349
Mixed 243
SusWrite 196
62% 278 MB/s
4K Read 31.2
4K Write 68.1
4K Mixed 38.6
133% 46 MB/s
DQ Read 271
DQ Write 230
DQ Mixed 212
170% 238 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 77.3%
Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 250GB-$23
233GB free
Firmware: KC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 129 130 128 129 130 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
70.4% Very good
Read 118
Write 119
Mixed 61.7
SusWrite 128
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 70.4%
Great: 74%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
85.2% Excellent
MC Read 31.3
MC Write 32.8
MC Mixed 26.2
86% 30.1 GB/s
SC Read 19.4
SC Write 33.4
SC Mixed 27.1
76% 26.6 GB/s
Latency 63.5
63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 85.2%
Great: 87%

 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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Intel Core i5-12600K $182Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair 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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