Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84.7% 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 Drive86.9% 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.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime14.8 Days
Run DateDec 09 '19 at 23:41
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing as expected (55th 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 (92nd percentile)
88.1% Excellent
Memory 91.8
1-Core 134
2-Core 268
91% 165 Pts
4-Core 455
8-Core 708
72% 581 Pts
64-Core 730
45% 730 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 88.1%
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: 432.0
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
84.7% Excellent
Lighting 109
Reflection 117
Parallax 104
89% 110 fps
MRender 96.8
Gravity 103
Splatting 84.6
77% 94.8 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84.7%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199
40GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X21200RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 156 143 172 147 117 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
86.9% Excellent
Read 454
Write 315
Mixed 188
SusWrite 157
62% 278 MB/s
4K Read 30
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 38.3
150% 57.5 MB/s
DQ Read 368
DQ Write 234
DQ Mixed 148
151% 250 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 86.9%
Great: 114%
Sandisk SD6PP4M-256G-1006 256GB
56GB free
Firmware: A200806
SusWrite @10s intervals: 546 498 403 347 319 300 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 52% Great: 103%
WD Red 5TB (2014)-$58
1.5TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 147 151 150 150 151 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
80.5% Excellent
Read 130
Write 131
Mixed 98.8
SusWrite 150
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.1
214% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 80.5%
Great: 98%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
41.4% Average
MC Read 14.2
MC Write 14.1
MC Mixed 11.9
38% 13.4 GB/s
SC Read 12.4
SC Write 15.1
SC Mixed 13.9
39% 13.8 GB/s
Latency 64.4
62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 41.4%
Great: 86%

 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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