Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics117% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive72.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160325
Uptime2 Days
Run DateMay 27 '17 at 22:32
Run Duration186 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 17%
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 PC Performing as expected (45th 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 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
74.9% Very good
Memory 79.6
1-Core 123
2-Core 241
82% 148 Pts
4-Core 403
8-Core 424
55% 413 Pts
64-Core 438
27% 438 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
117% Outstanding
Lighting 160
Reflection 158
Parallax 151
130% 156 fps
MRender 121
Gravity 147
Splatting 113
103% 127 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 117%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
52GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
72.4% Very good
Read 472
Write 56.5
Mixed 174
50% 234 MB/s
4K Read 29
4K Write 92
4K Mixed 30.3
132% 50.4 MB/s
DQ Read 373
DQ Write 97.6
DQ Mixed 53
86% 174 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 72.4%
Great: 134%
WD My Book 1130 1TB
521GB free, PID 1130
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
19.6% Very poor
Read 38.8
Write 37.8
Mixed 9.15
34% 28.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.59
4K Write 1.81
4K Mixed 0.16
69% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 19.6%
Great: 41%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (21st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
69.1% Good
MC Read 24.6
MC Write 25.9
MC Mixed 22.7
70% 24.4 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 27.9
SC Mixed 22.1
62% 21.8 GB/s
Latency 81.3
49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 69.1%
Great: 105%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,092 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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Intel Core i5-12600K $184Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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