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Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics87.7% 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 Drive46.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 15 years and 3 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Run History
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory41.5 GB free of 48 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20160107
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateFeb 14 '16 at 03:21
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$90
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
86.7% Excellent
Memory 96.2
1-Core 145
2-Core 289
98% 177 Pts
4-Core 427
8-Core 547
62% 487 Pts
64-Core 559
35% 559 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 86.7%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$449
Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6175
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
87.7% Excellent
Lighting 113
Reflection 119
Parallax 108
92% 114 fps
MRender 96.9
Gravity 101
Splatting 92.1
79% 96.6 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 87.7%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Fm-25s3- 240GBP3 240GB
103GB free (System drive)
Firmware: GS50 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
46.6% Average
Read 212
Write 130
Mixed 136
35% 159 MB/s
4K Read 23.9
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 5.38
98% 44.4 MB/s
DQ Read 30.3
DQ Write 110
DQ Mixed 7.21
24% 49.3 MB/s
Poor: 37%
This bench: 46.6%
Great: 54%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70
1TB free
Firmware: JC45
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
63% Good
Read 117
Write 103
Mixed 112
84% 111 MB/s
4K Read 0.83
4K Write 1.34
4K Mixed 0.32
94% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 63%
Great: 68%
WD WD7501AALS-00J7B 750GB
362GB free
Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
57.6% Above average
Read 113
Write 88
Mixed 76.6
69% 92.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.84
4K Write 0.85
4K Mixed 0.23
76% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 57.6%
Great: 57%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4-3200C14-16GTZ F4-3200C16-8GTZ F4-3200C14-16GTZ F4-3200C16-8GTZ 48GB
3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz
16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
108% Outstanding
MC Read 38
MC Write 42.3
MC Mixed 34.9
110% 38.4 GB/s
SC Read 22.4
SC Write 43.7
SC Mixed 31.5
93% 32.5 GB/s
Latency 53.2
75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 108%
This bench: 108%
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 7,496 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: 103% - Outstanding Total price: $688
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