Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics104% 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 Drive105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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)
Memory26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160107
Uptime5.7 Days
Run DateJul 01 '18 at 18:23
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing below expectations (26th 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 below expectations (23rd percentile)
77.4% Very good
Memory 85.9
1-Core 125
2-Core 219
82% 143 Pts
4-Core 372
8-Core 566
58% 469 Pts
64-Core 624
39% 624 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 77.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2617 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 391.35
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 144
Reflection 132
Parallax 142
117% 139 fps
MRender 105
Gravity 116
Splatting 87.6
83% 103 fps
Poor: 108%
This bench: 104%
Great: 132%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226
58GB free
Firmware: X41100RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 203 168 176 148 197 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
75.4% Very good
Read 382
Write 353
Mixed 210
SusWrite 206
64% 288 MB/s
4K Read 27.4
4K Write 57.2
4K Mixed 27.7
107% 37.4 MB/s
DQ Read 387
DQ Write 282
DQ Mixed 117
146% 262 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 75.4%
Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
56GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 200 197 168 163 177 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 470
Write 461
Mixed 361
SusWrite 208
84% 375 MB/s
4K Read 39.2
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 54
183% 65.6 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 345
DQ Mixed 360
271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 105%
Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50
607GB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 121 122 122 121 123 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
80.5% Excellent
Read 157
Write 167
Mixed 29.5
SusWrite 122
86% 119 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 2
364% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 80.5%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
68% Good
MC Read 24.2
MC Write 25.4
MC Mixed 22.7
69% 24.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.2
SC Write 24.7
SC Mixed 21.2
57% 20 GB/s
Latency 71.3
56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 68%
Great: 106%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,107 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: 69% - Good Total price: $958
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Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
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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