Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 119%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 103%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics147% 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 Drive106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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)
Memory10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 10 '20 at 08:06
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU9%
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 PC Performing below expectations (36th 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 as expected (57th percentile)
82% Excellent
Memory 81.8
1-Core 135
2-Core 263
88% 160 Pts
4-Core 442
8-Core 691
70% 567 Pts
64-Core 706
44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 82%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$910
Asus(1043 87AC) ≥ 4GB; Strix OC
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 457.30
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
147% Outstanding
Lighting 244
Reflection 90.7
Parallax 73.6
199% 136 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 78.9
Splatting 102
80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 163%
This bench: 147%
Great: 202%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 1TB-$77
439GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41100WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 276 256 263 237 261 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 479
Write 441
Mixed 262
SusWrite 272
81% 364 MB/s
4K Read 38.6
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 48.7
182% 67.8 MB/s
DQ Read 346
DQ Write 273
DQ Mixed 240
199% 286 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 106%
Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149
1.5TB free
Firmware: DN04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 94 98 131 133 145 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
62.7% Good
Read 101
Write 116
Mixed 68
SusWrite 117
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.4
109% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 62.7%
Great: 118%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
61.8% Good
MC Read 23.2
MC Write 23.2
MC Mixed 18.5
62% 21.6 GB/s
SC Read 13.3
SC Write 24.9
SC Mixed 19.3
55% 19.2 GB/s
Latency 77.3
52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 61.8%
Great: 105%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,095 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 $182Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair 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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