Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics86.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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)
Memory10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime2 Days
Run DateDec 02 '18 at 18:04
Run Duration149 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (90th 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 (100th percentile)
94.8% Outstanding
Memory 95.2
1-Core 134
2-Core 269
93% 166 Pts
4-Core 509
8-Core 744
78% 626 Pts
64-Core 739
46% 739 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 94.8%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
86.5% Excellent
Lighting 109
Reflection 113
Parallax 98.6
89% 107 fps
MRender 97
Gravity 100
Splatting 101
81% 99.2 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
38GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,804
Write 1,526
Mixed 670
294% 1333 MB/s
4K Read 47
4K Write 123
4K Mixed 56.3
208% 75.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,026
DQ Write 745
DQ Mixed 733
589% 834 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB
71GB free
Firmware: SAFM00.Y
SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 479 483 446 453 452 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
109% Outstanding
Read 470
Write 442
Mixed 308
SusWrite 462
95% 421 MB/s
4K Read 29.9
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 40.4
151% 57.6 MB/s
DQ Read 333
DQ Write 354
DQ Mixed 66.7
127% 251 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 109%
Great: 110%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
166GB free
Firmware: EXT0DB6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 8,357
Write 7,807
Mixed 7,908
1,792% 8,024 MB/s
4K Read 468
4K Write 264
4K Mixed 324
1,264% 352 MB/s
DQ Read 1,241
DQ Write 898
DQ Mixed 971
752% 1,036 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
90.8% Outstanding
MC Read 33.5
MC Write 34.4
MC Mixed 28.1
91% 32 GB/s
SC Read 19.4
SC Write 37.3
SC Mixed 27.7
80% 28.1 GB/s
Latency 56.5
71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 90.8%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,107 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: 69% - Good Total price: $958
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