Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 63%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive26.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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)
Memory28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 09 '21 at 21:15
Run Duration153 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (80th 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 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
93.6% Outstanding
Memory 95.3
1-Core 140
2-Core 274
95% 170 Pts
4-Core 495
8-Core 753
77% 624 Pts
64-Core 762
47% 762 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 93.6%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410
Gigabyte(1458 362C) 3GB
CLim: 1411 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 472.12
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
60.1% Good
Lighting 71.8
Reflection 77.5
Parallax 102
58% 83.9 fps
MRender 86.3
Gravity 83.9
Splatting 66.3
63% 78.8 fps
Poor: 47%
This bench: 60.1%
Great: 59%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba A100 240GB
104GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFA10.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 120 57 86 15 89 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
26.3% Poor
Read 344
Write 268
Mixed 101
SusWrite 87.6
44% 200 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 6.4
4K Mixed 12.5
20% 6.37 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 26.3%
Great: 91%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76
452GB free
Firmware: RVT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 462 461 453 429 355 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
137% Outstanding
Read 476
Write 457
Mixed 424
SusWrite 440
101% 450 MB/s
4K Read 50.8
4K Write 135
4K Mixed 70.6
239% 85.3 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 345
DQ Mixed 361
272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 137%
Great: 129%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21
466GB free
Firmware: 0001SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 100 100 100 100 97 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
57.3% Above average
Read 101
Write 98.4
Mixed 56.5
SusWrite 99.2
65% 88.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.6
100% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 57.3%
Great: 61%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
98.3% Outstanding
MC Read 36.8
MC Write 38.4
MC Mixed 29
99% 34.7 GB/s
SC Read 22.5
SC Write 41.9
SC Mixed 28.4
88% 30.9 GB/s
Latency 56.2
71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 98.3%
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 7,142 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: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $750
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HDDRAMUSB
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