Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 19%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics8.42% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive317% 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)
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 09 '21 at 23:53
Run Duration207 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (79th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
95.1% Outstanding
Memory 95.5
1-Core 136
2-Core 274
94% 168 Pts
4-Core 547
8-Core 544
73% 545 Pts
64-Core 540
33% 540 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 95.1%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 5750
MSI(1462 2081) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
8.42% Terrible
Lighting 11.2
Reflection 11.7
Parallax 9.9
9% 10.9 fps
MRender 9.6
Gravity 8.6
Splatting 7.9
7% 8.7 fps
Poor: 8%
This bench: 8.42%
Great: 9%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
405GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1948 989 813 811 808 810 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
317% Outstanding
Read 2,358
Write 2,067
Mixed 1,576
SusWrite 1030
393% 1,758 MB/s
4K Read 68.7
4K Write 174
4K Mixed 98.2
322% 114 MB/s
DQ Read 1,424
DQ Write 1,223
DQ Mixed 1,332
996% 1,326 MB/s
Poor: 178%
This bench: 317%
Great: 355%
Toshiba Q300 480GB-$152
447GB free
Firmware: SAFM12.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 292 223 273 289 272 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
99.3% Outstanding
Read 472
Write 428
Mixed 353
SusWrite 303
87% 389 MB/s
4K Read 29.4
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 40.2
152% 58.2 MB/s
DQ Read 348
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 188
184% 292 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 99.3%
Great: 99%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61
88GB free
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 159 151 146 161 161 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
89.4% Excellent
Read 156
Write 162
Mixed 34.1
SusWrite 155
92% 127 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.6
155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 89.4%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
100% Outstanding
MC Read 35.5
MC Write 41.4
MC Mixed 29.6
101% 35.5 GB/s
SC Read 21
SC Write 40.7
SC Mixed 30.4
88% 30.7 GB/s
Latency 55.5
72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 100%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,092 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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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
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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