Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics105% 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.
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.
High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150901
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateMar 14 '19 at 22:35
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 25%
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 PC Performing above expectations (67th 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 (84th percentile)
86.2% Excellent
Memory 92.3
1-Core 134
2-Core 244
89% 157 Pts
4-Core 434
8-Core 611
66% 523 Pts
64-Core 669
41% 669 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 86.2%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35
Performing below potential (75th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
105% Outstanding
Lighting 138
Reflection 143
Parallax 133
112% 138 fps
MRender 108
Gravity 132
Splatting 106
94% 116 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 105%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80
9GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 305
Write 340
Mixed 268
68% 305 MB/s
4K Read 32.6
4K Write 71.8
4K Mixed 34.5
132% 46.3 MB/s
DQ Read 270
DQ Write 224
DQ Mixed 246
184% 247 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
WD WD10JPLX-00MBPT0 1TB
595GB free
Firmware: 01.01H01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 122 123 123 122 122 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
75.3% Very good
Read 140
Write 135
Mixed 34.2
SusWrite 122
78% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 75.3%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (12th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
72% Very good
MC Read 25.8
MC Write 27
MC Mixed 22.4
72% 25.1 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 27.4
SC Mixed 23.5
65% 22.7 GB/s
Latency 63.6
63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 72%
Great: 115%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,088 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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CPUGPUSSD
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Intel Core i5-12600K $186Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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