Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics80.3% 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 Drive111% 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 (12%). 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
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160624
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 07 '22 at 20:53
Run Duration192 Seconds
Run User ESP-User
Background CPU 12%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (87th 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 (99th percentile)
93% Outstanding
Memory 95.8
1-Core 129
2-Core 256
90% 160 Pts
4-Core 487
8-Core 691
74% 589 Pts
64-Core 713
44% 713 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 93%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing below potential (58th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
80.3% Excellent
Lighting 98.9
Reflection 113
Parallax 103
81% 105 fps
MRender 95.4
Gravity 97.1
Splatting 99
80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 80.3%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung MZNLN256HAJQ-00000 256GB
208GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MVT2300Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 313 316 318 318 317 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 451
Write 435
Mixed 393
SusWrite 321
90% 400 MB/s
4K Read 40.3
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 50.1
187% 68.9 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 325
DQ Mixed 350
263% 352 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 111%
Great: 111%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
102% Outstanding
MC Read 37.9
MC Write 39.3
MC Mixed 31.4
103% 36.2 GB/s
SC Read 22.4
SC Write 43.3
SC Mixed 31.4
92% 32.4 GB/s
Latency 54.6
73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 102%
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 7,110 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: 70% - Good Total price: $953
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