Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics7.23% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
7 years ago, 7 years ago.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20161227
Uptime6 Days
Run DateMar 25 '17 at 04:23
Run Duration98 Seconds
Run User COL-User
Background CPU 22%

 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6500-$67
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
74.3% Very good
Memory 88.1
1-Core 101
2-Core 207
76% 132 Pts
4-Core 347
8-Core 370
47% 358 Pts
64-Core 409
25% 409 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 74.3%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740
EVGA(3842 2744) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1058 MHz, MLim: 333 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
7.23% Terrible
Lighting 8.4
Reflection 8.46
Parallax 8.97
7% 8.61 fps
MRender 6.43
Gravity 11.8
Splatting 10.4
8% 9.57 fps
Poor: 6%
This bench: 7.23%
Great: 8%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40
200GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
53.6% Above average
Read 98.8
Write 87.9
Mixed 97.1
71% 94.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.56
4K Write 1.19
4K Mixed 0.19
67% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 53.6%
Great: 74%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
51.6% Above average
MC Read 18.3
MC Write 18.7
MC Mixed 16.6
51% 17.9 GB/s
SC Read 12.5
SC Write 16.1
SC Mixed 15.5
42% 14.7 GB/s
Latency 69.5
58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 51.6%
Great: 99%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,109 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: 69% - Good Total price: $958
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HDDRAMUSB
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