Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics88.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime2.6 Days
Run DateMar 27 '19 at 06:05
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
95.2% Outstanding
Memory 94.4
1-Core 140
2-Core 281
95% 172 Pts
4-Core 556
8-Core 548
74% 552 Pts
64-Core 525
32% 525 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 95.2%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88.7% Excellent
Lighting 113
Reflection 120
Parallax 107
92% 113 fps
MRender 97
Gravity 104
Splatting 97.4
81% 99.5 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115
55GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXM04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 279 277 280 272 257 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48
514GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 117 117 115 116 117 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
77.6% Very good
Read 154
Write 145
Mixed 98.7
SusWrite 116
95% 128 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.4
297% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 77.6%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2679 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
52.2% Above average
MC Read 18.1
MC Write 18
MC Mixed 16.1
50% 17.4 GB/s
SC Read 13.6
SC Write 18.3
SC Mixed 17.5
47% 16.5 GB/s
Latency 58.8
68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 52.2%
Great: 103%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,103 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
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk 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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