Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics99% 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 Drive193% 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)
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161227
Uptime2.7 Days
Run DateMar 29 '20 at 16:29
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (93rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
90.6% Outstanding
Memory 93.4
1-Core 146
2-Core 244
92% 161 Pts
4-Core 472
8-Core 730
74% 601 Pts
64-Core 775
48% 775 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 90.6%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.3.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
99% Outstanding
Lighting 122
Reflection 101
Parallax 228
99% 150 fps
MRender 101
Gravity 112
Splatting 140
99% 118 fps
Poor: 78%
This bench: 99%
Great: 91%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pc601 NVMe SK hynix 256GB
180GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 359 352 352 351 348 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
193% Outstanding
Read 1,557
Write 795
Mixed 597
SusWrite 373
183% 831 MB/s
4K Read 58.4
4K Write 176
4K Mixed 50.7
246% 94.9 MB/s
DQ Read 523
DQ Write 1,047
DQ Mixed 466
445% 679 MB/s
Poor: 94%
This bench: 193%
Great: 191%
SK hynix SC311 SATA 256GB
35GB free
Firmware: 70000P10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 304 233 218 238 224 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Read 509
Write 471
Mixed 427
SusWrite 262
94% 417 MB/s
4K Read 34.4
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 49.3
178% 67.4 MB/s
DQ Read 363
DQ Write 341
DQ Mixed 328
253% 344 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 107%
Great: 97%
Kingston SSDNow KC300 480GB-$85
187GB free
Firmware: 507KC4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 207 221 226 243 226 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
68% Good
Read 418
Write 294
Mixed 350
SusWrite 228
72% 322 MB/s
4K Read 28.9
4K Write 26.5
4K Mixed 29.9
96% 28.4 MB/s
DQ Read 232
DQ Write 96
DQ Mixed 110
96% 146 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 68%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
76.1% Very good
MC Read 27.3
MC Write 28.9
MC Mixed 23.1
76% 26.4 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 30.1
SC Mixed 24.4
70% 24.4 GB/s
Latency 61.1
66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 76.1%
Great: 99%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,108 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: 69% - Good Total price: $958
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