Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics86.6% 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 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.
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)
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
DisplayЦвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171227
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 27 '18 at 16:07
Run Duration119 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU10%
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 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
98.4% Outstanding
Memory 96
1-Core 144
2-Core 288
97% 176 Pts
4-Core 543
8-Core 796
84% 670 Pts
64-Core 796
49% 796 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 98.4%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
86.6% Excellent
Lighting 109
Reflection 120
Parallax 101
88% 110 fps
MRender 97.1
Gravity 104
Splatting 102
83% 101 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HDS723015BLA642 1.5TB
95GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MN5OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
65.8% Good
Read 114
Write 115
Mixed 104
84% 111 MB/s
4K Read 0.81
4K Write 1.53
4K Mixed 0.41
108% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 65.8%
Great: 79%
Seagate ST3250620AS 250GB-$149
23GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
27.8% Poor
Read 48.6
Write 48.1
Mixed 44.9
36% 47.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.67
4K Write 1.23
4K Mixed 0.41
96% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 27.8%
Great: 43%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2900 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
98.5% Outstanding
MC Read 36.2
MC Write 37.7
MC Mixed 30.3
99% 34.7 GB/s
SC Read 22.4
SC Write 40.5
SC Mixed 29.9
88% 30.9 GB/s
Latency 54.1
74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 98.5%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,095 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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