Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.87% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.
High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160624
Uptime5.6 Days
Run DateMar 13 '17 at 17:12
Run Duration87 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 26%

 PC Performing as expected (47th 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 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
74.3% Very good
Memory 67.7
1-Core 136
2-Core 264
83% 156 Pts
4-Core 443
8-Core 587
65% 515 Pts
64-Core 721
45% 721 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 74.3%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4463
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
6.87% Terrible
Lighting 7.23
Reflection 10.7
Parallax 7
6% 8.3 fps
MRender 9.38
Gravity 6.2
Splatting 14.9
9% 10.2 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.87%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
95GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 506
Write 406
Mixed 414
98% 442 MB/s
4K Read 43.6
4K Write 91.2
4K Mixed 46.1
173% 60.3 MB/s
DQ Read 324
DQ Write 249
DQ Mixed 114
132% 229 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 111%
Great: 124%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
49.4% Average
MC Read 18.4
MC Write 21.2
MC Mixed 16.2
53% 18.6 GB/s
SC Read 6.5
SC Write 14.4
SC Mixed 8.5
28% 9.8 GB/s
Latency 107
37% 107 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 49.4%
Great: 115%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,102 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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