Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics98.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive92% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.
Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160325
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 28 '18 at 17:51
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User SAU-User
Background CPU 44%

 PC Performing way above expectations (86th 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 (98th percentile)
91.4% Outstanding
Memory 96.7
1-Core 132
2-Core 267
92% 165 Pts
4-Core 464
8-Core 742
74% 603 Pts
64-Core 725
45% 725 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 91.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
98.9% Outstanding
Lighting 128
Reflection 140
Parallax 119
104% 129 fps
MRender 96.5
Gravity 124
Splatting 106
89% 109 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 98.9%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 960GB-$397
855GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM00.r
SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 440 459 431 425 427 MB/s
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
92% Outstanding
Read 407
Write 382
Mixed 296
SusWrite 434
86% 380 MB/s
4K Read 22
4K Write 57.6
4K Mixed 34.8
108% 38.1 MB/s
DQ Read 360
DQ Write 320
DQ Mixed 76.4
130% 252 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 92%
Great: 111%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296
5.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 228 221 223 222 222 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
130% Outstanding
Read 226
Write 224
Mixed 125
SusWrite 223
146% 200 MB/s
4K Read 7
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 1.1
477% 3.83 MB/s
Poor: 61%
This bench: 130%
Great: 118%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296
5.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 215 214 216 216 216 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 61% Great: 118%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
102% Outstanding
MC Read 37.6
MC Write 39.1
MC Mixed 31.8
103% 36.2 GB/s
SC Read 22
SC Write 42.3
SC Mixed 31
91% 31.8 GB/s
Latency 51.3
78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 102%
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 7,107 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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