Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics110% 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 Drive359% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161129
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 18 '24 at 23:14
Run Duration208 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing above expectations (63rd 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 (79th percentile)
84.6% Excellent
Memory 88.9
1-Core 128
2-Core 256
88% 157 Pts
4-Core 433
8-Core 696
69% 564 Pts
64-Core 666
41% 666 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84.6%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.76
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Lighting 142
Reflection 143
Parallax 134
116% 140 fps
MRender 119
Gravity 142
Splatting 121
104% 128 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 110%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109
719GB free
Firmware: RVQ02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 468 452 445 480 480 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 449
Write 425
Mixed 377
SusWrite 467
97% 429 MB/s
4K Read 33.2
4K Write 88.7
4K Mixed 45.7
156% 55.9 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 359
270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 111%
Great: 121%
WD Black SN770 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 731100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2271 2330 2324 2329 2330 2326 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
359% Outstanding
Read 2,278
Write 2,307
Mixed 1,969
SusWrite 2,318
500% 2,218 MB/s
4K Read 56.7
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 68.8
242% 84.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,485
DQ Write 848
DQ Mixed 1216
892% 1,183 MB/s
Poor: 237%
This bench: 359%
Great: 633%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31
206GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 129 129 131 131 131 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
64.4% Good
Read 93.8
Write 90.2
Mixed 73
SusWrite 130
71% 96.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 64.4%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
74.9% Very good
MC Read 27
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 23
75% 26.2 GB/s
SC Read 18.7
SC Write 30.5
SC Mixed 24
70% 24.4 GB/s
Latency 69.1
58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

 SkillBench Score 44: 0P 4R 3G 15B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score Hit Rate Shots EFps 0.1% Low Refresh Rate Screen Resolution Monitor
27% 17% 76 215 59 144 27" 2560 1377 MSI3FA7 MSI MAG271CQR
History: Score 27: 0P 3R 1G 9B | Score 44: 0P 4R 3G 15B
Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,125 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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