Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics5.64% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive59.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime1.3 Days
Run DateAug 25 '19 at 22:08
Run Duration159 Seconds
Run User JPN-User
Background CPU 20%

 PC Performing as expected (57th 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 above expectations (64th percentile)
82.9% Excellent
Memory 86.3
1-Core 126
2-Core 256
86% 156 Pts
4-Core 428
8-Core 656
67% 542 Pts
64-Core 677
42% 677 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 82.9%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.6861
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
5.64% Terrible
Lighting 7.53
Reflection 10.7
Parallax 7.84
6% 8.7 fps
MRender 7
Gravity 7
Splatting 3.87
5% 5.96 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.64%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85
114GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFC12.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 151 171 132 172 172 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
59.9% Above average
Read 455
Write 437
Mixed 382
SusWrite 198
82% 368 MB/s
4K Read 20.7
4K Write 37.7
4K Mixed 24.9
83% 27.8 MB/s
DQ Read 88.7
DQ Write 73.6
DQ Mixed 76.7
59% 79.7 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 59.9%
Great: 97%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB
1TB free
Firmware: 1012
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 100 104 101 103 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
55.5% Above average
Read 91.3
Write 95
Mixed 53.5
SusWrite 102
63% 85.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 55.5%
Great: 55%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (32nd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
39% Below average
MC Read 13.9
MC Write 13.4
MC Mixed 11.2
37% 12.8 GB/s
SC Read 11.3
SC Write 13.4
SC Mixed 12.4
35% 12.4 GB/s
Latency 71
56% 71 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 39%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,120 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: 88% - Excellent Total price: $803
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HDDRAMUSB
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