Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 59%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics85.3% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171227
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 03 '20 at 05:31
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 15%
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 PC Performing below expectations (31st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
73.6% Very good
Memory 67.3
1-Core 129
2-Core 246
80% 147 Pts
4-Core 448
8-Core 521
63% 484 Pts
64-Core 659
41% 659 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 73.6%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
85.3% Excellent
Lighting 109
Reflection 112
Parallax 99.9
89% 107 fps
MRender 92.6
Gravity 111
Splatting 86.1
78% 96.6 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 85.3%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42
11GB free
Firmware: M0CR040
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 457
Write 407
Mixed 301
86% 389 MB/s
4K Read 26
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 39.2
146% 57.6 MB/s
DQ Read 235
DQ Write 287
DQ Mixed 285
208% 269 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 95%
Amd-raid WDC WDS240G2G0A- 240GB
106GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF360000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 54 88 104 112 82 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
154% Outstanding
Read 441
Write 357
Mixed 215
SusWrite 90.9
204% 276 MB/s
4K Read 20.3
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 1.4
1,005% 7.3 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 154%
Great: 160%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60
321GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 71 73 71 74 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
46.6% Average
Read 89
Write 83.7
Mixed 63.8
SusWrite 72.7
57% 77.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.9
182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 46.6%
Great: 84%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905625-075.A00G Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 32GB
2400, 2400 MHz
16384, 16384 MB
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
31.8% Below average
MC Read 10.3
MC Write 12.8
MC Mixed 10.3
32% 11.1 GB/s
SC Read 5.5
SC Write 11.4
SC Mixed 7.8
24% 8.23 GB/s
Latency 108
37% 108 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 31.8%
Great: 46%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,120 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: 88% - Excellent Total price: $803
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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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