Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 124%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 106%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics137% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive123% 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.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20170125
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateDec 11 '17 at 01:50
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User ARG-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (64th 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
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
90.9% Outstanding
Memory 93.6
1-Core 134
2-Core 267
92% 165 Pts
4-Core 475
8-Core 721
74% 598 Pts
64-Core 732
45% 732 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 90.9%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.59
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
137% Outstanding
Lighting 194
Reflection 220
Parallax 210
158% 208 fps
MRender 138
Gravity 187
Splatting 128
122% 151 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 137%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
254GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
123% Outstanding
Read 517
Write 399
Mixed 412
98% 443 MB/s
4K Read 49.2
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 54.2
206% 73.6 MB/s
DQ Read 374
DQ Write 280
DQ Mixed 129
150% 261 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 123%
Great: 134%
Toshib DT01ACA300 3TB
2TB free
Firmware: MX6O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
60.3% Good
Read 93.5
Write 117
Mixed 135
88% 115 MB/s
4K Read 0.61
4K Write 1.75
4K Mixed 0.19
79% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 60.3%
Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
229GB free
Firmware: 01.0
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
79.9% Very good
Read 147
Write 131
Mixed 117
99% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.83
4K Write 2.52
4K Mixed 0.35
120% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 79.9%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4-2400C15-8GRR F4-2400C16-8GFXR F4-2400C15-8GRR F4-2400C16-8GFXR 32GB
2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
82.6% Excellent
MC Read 29.5
MC Write 31.4
MC Mixed 26.3
83% 29.1 GB/s
SC Read 16.3
SC Write 32.9
SC Mixed 27.4
73% 25.5 GB/s
Latency 60.7
66% 60.7 ns

 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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Intel Core i5-12600K $184Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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