Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 110%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 91%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics127% 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 Drive81.1% 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.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory17 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150810
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateSep 12 '22 at 21:56
Run Duration216 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU9%
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 PC Performing above expectations (71st 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 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
86% Excellent
Memory 91
1-Core 106
2-Core 222
80% 140 Pts
4-Core 439
8-Core 616
66% 527 Pts
64-Core 634
39% 634 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 86%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.29
Performing below potential (45th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
127% Outstanding
Lighting 174
Reflection 216
Parallax 146
142% 178 fps
MRender 193
Gravity 140
Splatting 121
120% 151 fps
Poor: 116%
This bench: 127%
Great: 136%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 120GB-$70
13GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 115 78 87 89 77 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
81.1% Excellent
Read 500
Write 185
Mixed 243
SusWrite 97.7
56% 256 MB/s
4K Read 29.2
4K Write 95.4
4K Mixed 40.3
146% 55 MB/s
DQ Read 263
DQ Write 185
DQ Mixed 167
140% 205 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 81.1%
Great: 89%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49
730GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 101 103 105 104 105 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
61.4% Good
Read 110
Write 112
Mixed 78.1
SusWrite 103
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 61.4%
Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67
2TB free
Firmware: CC25
SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 204 204 206 206 205 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
116% Outstanding
Read 200
Write 177
Mixed 83.4
SusWrite 204
121% 166 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 116%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.16FADG 3x8GB
3 of 4 slots used
24GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2472 MHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
74.8% Very good
MC Read 26.6
MC Write 28.2
MC Mixed 23.7
75% 26.2 GB/s
SC Read 17.2
SC Write 29.4
SC Mixed 24.4
68% 23.7 GB/s
Latency 65.8
61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 74.8%
Great: 75%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,127 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: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $742
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HDDRAMUSB
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