Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 106%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 91%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics122% 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 Drive64% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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)
Memory55.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateApr 15 '20 at 20:40
Run Duration148 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing above expectations (62nd 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 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
84.8% Excellent
Memory 93.4
1-Core 122
2-Core 225
84% 147 Pts
4-Core 410
8-Core 671
66% 540 Pts
64-Core 681
42% 681 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84.8%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$383
CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
122% Outstanding
Lighting 166
Reflection 161
Parallax 158
135% 162 fps
MRender 182
Gravity 139
Splatting 105
112% 142 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 122%
Great: 134%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB
82GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MAT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 80 77 55 58 51 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
64% Good
Read 367
Write 162
Mixed 130
SusWrite 71.9
40% 183 MB/s
4K Read 30.3
4K Write 56.2
4K Mixed 29.3
113% 38.6 MB/s
DQ Read 338
DQ Write 127
DQ Mixed 96.2
107% 187 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 64%
Great: 123%
OCZ Trion 150 960GB-$190
485GB free
Firmware: SAFZ12.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 462 193 293 293 297 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
99.2% Outstanding
Read 485
Write 471
Mixed 375
SusWrite 330
93% 415 MB/s
4K Read 29.5
4K Write 97.8
4K Mixed 38.4
146% 55.2 MB/s
DQ Read 345
DQ Write 328
DQ Mixed 192
184% 288 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 99.2%
Great: 103%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109
181GB free
Firmware: RVQ01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 195 83 83 83 83 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 498
Write 464
Mixed 405
SusWrite 163
86% 382 MB/s
4K Read 35
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 50.1
182% 68.9 MB/s
DQ Read 371
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 358
269% 358 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 102%
Great: 121%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Patriot 3000 C16 Series 3000 C16 Series 2800 C16 Series 2800 C16 Series 64GB
2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz
16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
93.2% Outstanding
MC Read 33.6
MC Write 36.2
MC Mixed 29.6
95% 33.1 GB/s
SC Read 20
SC Write 37.2
SC Mixed 28.6
82% 28.6 GB/s
Latency 61.1
66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 68%
This bench: 93.2%
Great: 93%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,156 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: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $758
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