Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics77.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 21 '20 at 00:34
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (64th 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 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
97.9% Outstanding
Memory 95.6
1-Core 149
2-Core 297
99% 180 Pts
4-Core 576
8-Core 585
77% 581 Pts
64-Core 578
36% 578 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 97.9%
Great: 85%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
77.3% Very good
Lighting 94
Reflection 111
Parallax 95.7
77% 100 fps
MRender 96.8
Gravity 93.4
Splatting 97.4
79% 95.9 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 77.3%
Great: 88%
AMD Radeon HD 6450
AMD(1002 010A) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
1.41% Terrible
Lighting 1.87
Reflection 1.88
Parallax 1.97
2% 1.91 fps
MRender 1.38
Gravity 1.6
Splatting 1.43
1% 1.47 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 1.41%
Great: 2%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2,484
Write 2,206
Mixed 1,432
453% 2,041 MB/s
4K Read 73.1
4K Write 215
4K Mixed 100
353% 129 MB/s
DQ Read 1,006
DQ Write 1,585
DQ Mixed 1,164
918% 1,251 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23
160GB free
Firmware: KC47
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 114 113 113 113 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
62.8% Good
Read 107
Write 103
Mixed 63.7
SusWrite 112
71% 96.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 62.8%
Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70
931GB free
Firmware: CC37
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 111 111 110 106 89 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
51.3% Above average
Read 73.2
Write 78.7
Mixed 51.2
SusWrite 106
57% 77.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
143% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 51.3%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
91.8% Outstanding
MC Read 34.2
MC Write 36.1
MC Mixed 27
93% 32.4 GB/s
SC Read 20.8
SC Write 34.3
SC Mixed 28.8
80% 28 GB/s
Latency 55.2
72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 91.8%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,090 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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HDDRAMUSB
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