Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics91.5% 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 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151228
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateNov 25 '18 at 09:16
Run Duration243 Seconds
Run User MEX-User
Background CPU 14%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (69th 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 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
91.8% Outstanding
Memory 95.6
1-Core 138
2-Core 270
94% 168 Pts
4-Core 508
8-Core 510
68% 509 Pts
64-Core 530
33% 530 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 91.8%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2340 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
91.5% Outstanding
Lighting 114
Reflection 123
Parallax 117
93% 118 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 107
Splatting 108
89% 109 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 91.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80
21GB free
Firmware: SAFM02.H
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 485
Write 411
Mixed 320
90% 405 MB/s
4K Read 30.9
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 39.2
160% 62.8 MB/s
DQ Read 356
DQ Write 356
DQ Mixed 169
178% 293 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 104%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49
455GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 44 67 74 54 109 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
51.4% Above average
Read 112
Write 120
Mixed 104
SusWrite 66.5
75% 101 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 51.4%
Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
415GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 73 134 147 105 188 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
66.9% Good
Read 108
Write 78
Mixed 68.3
SusWrite 125
70% 94.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 66.9%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2690 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
93.5% Outstanding
MC Read 33.9
MC Write 35.6
MC Mixed 30.8
96% 33.4 GB/s
SC Read 21
SC Write 34.4
SC Mixed 24.9
76% 26.8 GB/s
Latency 55.3
72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 93.5%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,094 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 $184Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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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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