Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics102% 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 Drive57.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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)
Memory10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160107
Uptime61.7 Days
Run DateMar 27 '23 at 07:58
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 39%
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 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
66.5% Good
Memory 76.4
1-Core 94.9
2-Core 183
68% 118 Pts
4-Core 304
8-Core 568
52% 436 Pts
64-Core 578
36% 578 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 66.5%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94
Performing below potential (51st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 140
Parallax 128
103% 132 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 134
Splatting 119
100% 123 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 102%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandis SD8SBAT256G1122 256GB
52GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z2333000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 233 252 272 296 284 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
57.1% Above average
Read 337
Write 267
Mixed 202
SusWrite 258
60% 266 MB/s
4K Read 15.2
4K Write 50.9
4K Mixed 12.1
66% 26.1 MB/s
DQ Read 151
DQ Write 238
DQ Mixed 81.4
94% 157 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 57.1%
Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
382GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 184 180 189 190 187 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 179
Write 173
Mixed 75.4
SusWrite 186
112% 153 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 104%
Great: 113%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28
848GB free
Firmware: MS2O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 181 176 181 182 180 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 180
Write 181
Mixed 38.5
SusWrite 177
104% 144 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.5
118% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 102%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
71.9% Very good
MC Read 26.7
MC Write 28.1
MC Mixed 23.3
74% 26 GB/s
SC Read 14.4
SC Write 26.7
SC Mixed 20.9
59% 20.7 GB/s
Latency 87.4
46% 87.4 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 71.9%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,162 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: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $758
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HDDRAMUSB
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