Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics86.4% 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 Drive122% 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.
Run History
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920x1080x4294967296 szín
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170629
Uptime2.9 Days
Run DateNov 14 '20 at 18:35
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User HUN-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (65th 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 above expectations (79th percentile)
85.3% Excellent
Memory 92.5
1-Core 134
2-Core 260
91% 162 Pts
4-Core 422
8-Core 644
66% 533 Pts
64-Core 682
42% 682 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 85.3%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
86.4% Excellent
Lighting 107
Reflection 118
Parallax 97.1
88% 108 fps
MRender 99.4
Gravity 103
Splatting 105
84% 102 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141
56GB free (System drive)
Firmware: OC34L5TM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 206 167 159 184 99 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
122% Outstanding
Read 1,161
Write 625
Mixed 484
SusWrite 202
136% 618 MB/s
4K Read 41
4K Write 73.4
4K Mixed 43.6
157% 52.7 MB/s
DQ Read 412
DQ Write 259
DQ Mixed 110
143% 260 MB/s
Poor: 84%
This bench: 122%
Great: 159%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120
155GB free
Firmware: SAFM00.Y
SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 435 453 458 452 474 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
112% Outstanding
Read 504
Write 485
Mixed 320
SusWrite 443
98% 438 MB/s
4K Read 31.5
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 41
161% 62.2 MB/s
DQ Read 359
DQ Write 345
DQ Mixed 68.5
129% 257 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 112%
Great: 111%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50
834GB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 160 161 159 161 162 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
78.6% Very good
Read 112
Write 123
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 161
77% 106 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 1.9
353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 78.6%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
80.7% Excellent
MC Read 29.7
MC Write 30.8
MC Mixed 25.4
82% 28.6 GB/s
SC Read 14.8
SC Write 32.3
SC Mixed 24.7
68% 23.9 GB/s
Latency 63.1
63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 80.7%
Great: 91%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,106 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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