Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics86.5% 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 Drive187% 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.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farver
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151110
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 20 '17 at 15:56
Run Duration94 Seconds
Run User DNK-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (78th 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 (97th percentile)
90.1% Outstanding
Memory 93
1-Core 135
2-Core 266
92% 165 Pts
4-Core 469
8-Core 743
75% 606 Pts
64-Core 744
46% 744 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 90.1%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
86.5% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 102
Parallax 85.8
90% 99.5 fps
MRender 99.7
Gravity 109
Splatting 87.9
80% 98.8 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 87%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 384GB
100GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
187% Outstanding
Read 1,483
Write 954
Mixed 1,033
256% 1,157 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 34.2
157% 59.6 MB/s
DQ Read 498
DQ Write 526
DQ Mixed 24.4
153% 350 MB/s
Poor: 79%
This bench: 187%
Great: 184%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (25th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
76.3% Very good
MC Read 27.2
MC Write 29
MC Mixed 23.3
76% 26.5 GB/s
SC Read 18.9
SC Write 30.8
SC Mixed 24.2
70% 24.6 GB/s
Latency 62
64% 62 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 76.3%
Great: 116%

 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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