Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics87.6% 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 Drive57.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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)
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 06 '20 at 06:13
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing as expected (48th 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 below expectations (23rd percentile)
77.4% Very good
Memory 91.2
1-Core 124
2-Core 244
86% 153 Pts
4-Core 344
8-Core 560
55% 452 Pts
64-Core 708
44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 77.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
87.6% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 119
Parallax 110
90% 113 fps
MRender 98.9
Gravity 103
Splatting 105
84% 102 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109
20GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.3.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 90 88 72 84 81 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
57.2% Above average
Read 174
Write 123
Mixed 126
SusWrite 85.2
28% 127 MB/s
4K Read 26.8
4K Write 85
4K Mixed 33.4
128% 48.4 MB/s
DQ Read 143
DQ Write 110
DQ Mixed 116
90% 123 MB/s
Poor: 32%
This bench: 57.2%
Great: 61%
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160
36GB free
Firmware: MU01.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 104 76 75 75 75 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
80.1% Excellent
Read 374
Write 366
Mixed 330
SusWrite 130
67% 300 MB/s
4K Read 32
4K Write 84.2
4K Mixed 45.9
152% 54 MB/s
DQ Read 228
DQ Write 206
DQ Mixed 206
157% 213 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 80.1%
Great: 95%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB
152GB free
Firmware: SC12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 96 98 98 98 97 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
61.1% Good
Read 116
Write 121
Mixed 68.5
SusWrite 96.8
74% 100 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
136% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 61.1%
Great: 98%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
63.4% Good
MC Read 24.6
MC Write 24.4
MC Mixed 18.5
64% 22.5 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 21.7
SC Mixed 13.9
49% 17.1 GB/s
Latency 65.4
61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 63.4%
Great: 103%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,093 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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HDDRAMUSB
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