Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics87.8% 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 Drive110% 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.
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.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150901
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateAug 16 '18 at 13:12
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User FIN-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing above expectations (83rd 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 way above expectations (97th percentile)
90.3% Outstanding
Memory 96.6
1-Core 134
2-Core 250
91% 160 Pts
4-Core 453
8-Core 728
72% 590 Pts
64-Core 733
45% 733 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 90.3%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
87.8% Excellent
Lighting 112
Reflection 120
Parallax 109
91% 114 fps
MRender 97.7
Gravity 103
Splatting 96.3
81% 99.1 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 87.8%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
247GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 425 370 381 312 305 MB/s
Performing as expected (40th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 394
Write 378
Mixed 300
SusWrite 372
81% 361 MB/s
4K Read 32.6
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 51
177% 67.1 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 361
271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 110%
Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
571GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 188 188 186 188 189 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 175
Mixed 76
SusWrite 187
113% 156 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 106%
Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33
752GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 179 177 178 177 176 MB/s
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 193
Write 88.8
Mixed 76
SusWrite 178
98% 134 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 106%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
102% Outstanding
MC Read 37.8
MC Write 39.6
MC Mixed 31.2
103% 36.2 GB/s
SC Read 22.1
SC Write 40.3
SC Mixed 31
89% 31.1 GB/s
Latency 51.9
77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 102%
Great: 102%

 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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