Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics104% 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 Drive73.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory21.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160107
Uptime10.7 Days
Run DateJul 26 '20 at 15:29
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 19%
Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
89.4% Excellent
Memory 92.4
1-Core 143
2-Core 253
92% 163 Pts
4-Core 465
8-Core 740
74% 603 Pts
64-Core 737
46% 737 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 89.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 135
Reflection 146
Parallax 125
110% 136 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 133
Splatting 106
95% 118 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 110%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7263
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.84% Terrible
Lighting 8.1
Reflection 11.8
Parallax 8.69
7% 9.53 fps
MRender 11.9
Gravity 7.47
Splatting 16.6
10% 12 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.84%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 5 Volume 2.5TB
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 167 143 145 138 151 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
73.9% Very good
Read 1,080
Write 191
Mixed 313
SusWrite 148
94% 433 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 14.5
4K Mixed 17.9
68% 19 MB/s
DQ Read 25.6
DQ Write 15.3
DQ Mixed 19.1
15% 20 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 73.9%
Great: 118%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109
156GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 66 67 65 67 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
61.1% Good
Read 146
Write 142
Mixed 79.8
SusWrite 66.1
80% 109 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.9
184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 61.1%
Great: 69%
ST ST2000DM001-1ER1 2TB
1.5TB free, PID 1e40
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 40 40 39 40 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
19.9% Very poor
Read 38.5
Write 38.2
Mixed 30.2
SusWrite 39.4
50% 36.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
88% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 19.9%
Great: 20%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G KHX2133C14D4/8G KHX2400C15/8G KHX2133C14D4/8G 32GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
73.6% Very good
MC Read 26.1
MC Write 27.6
MC Mixed 23.4
74% 25.7 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 29.3
SC Mixed 24.2
66% 23 GB/s
Latency 63.2
63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 73.6%
Great: 87%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,221 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 - $200

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $700
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