Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
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 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics97.4% 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 Drive109% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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)
Memory28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime4.4 Days
Run DateDec 31 '18 at 23:33
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User SWE-User
Background CPU5%

 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 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
88.6% Excellent
Memory 95.8
1-Core 133
2-Core 253
91% 161 Pts
4-Core 439
8-Core 698
70% 569 Pts
64-Core 728
45% 728 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 88.6%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
97.4% Outstanding
Lighting 124
Reflection 141
Parallax 120
101% 128 fps
MRender 97.6
Gravity 126
Splatting 106
90% 110 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 97.4%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB
138GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MAT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 274 191 156 149 116 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Read 502
Write 482
Mixed 344
SusWrite 224
87% 388 MB/s
4K Read 42.2
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 56.3
190% 67.1 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 345
264% 358 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 109%
Great: 123%
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40
48GB free
Firmware: 5.0.7a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 144 140 141 142 141 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
78.8% Very good
Read 429
Write 164
Mixed 211
SusWrite 142
52% 237 MB/s
4K Read 34.1
4K Write 99.8
4K Mixed 37.1
152% 57 MB/s
DQ Read 147
DQ Write 155
DQ Mixed 107
93% 137 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 78.8%
Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31
128GB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 107 105 106 106 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
58.1% Above average
Read 96.7
Write 90.5
Mixed 56.3
SusWrite 106
64% 87.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 58.1%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
98% Outstanding
MC Read 33.9
MC Write 38
MC Mixed 32.3
99% 34.7 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 42.3
SC Mixed 31.8
85% 29.9 GB/s
Latency 54.7
73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 98%
Great: 106%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,107 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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