Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics83.9% 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 Drive125% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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)
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 15 '19 at 01:14
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 17%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (72nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
98.2% Outstanding
Memory 90.8
1-Core 143
2-Core 268
93% 167 Pts
4-Core 572
8-Core 793
86% 682 Pts
64-Core 785
49% 785 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 98.2%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
83.9% Excellent
Lighting 107
Reflection 107
Parallax 102
88% 105 fps
MRender 93.2
Gravity 95.9
Splatting 93.1
77% 94.1 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 83.9%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52
201GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 296 298 299 299 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
125% Outstanding
Read 475
Write 447
Mixed 373
SusWrite 295
89% 398 MB/s
4K Read 48.5
4K Write 144
4K Mixed 67
235% 86.4 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 301
DQ Mixed 244
210% 310 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 125%
Great: 128%
Seagate Expansion 1TB
547GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 85 85 85 86 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
50.5% Above average
Read 94
Write 88.3
Mixed 51.4
SusWrite 81.9
58% 78.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1
171% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 50.5%
Great: 66%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2133 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71% Very good
MC Read 25.9
MC Write 25.8
MC Mixed 22
70% 24.6 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 27.6
SC Mixed 24.6
67% 23.3 GB/s
Latency 66
61% 66 ns
Poor: 71%
This bench: 71%
Great: 80%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,127 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: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $742
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Intel Core i5-12600K $163Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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