Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics109% 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 Drive83% 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)
Memory24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 01 '22 at 20:56
Run Duration214 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
81% Excellent
Memory 84.5
1-Core 133
2-Core 257
88% 158 Pts
4-Core 418
8-Core 636
65% 527 Pts
64-Core 659
41% 659 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 81%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 512.59
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
109% Outstanding
Lighting 141
Reflection 143
Parallax 143
115% 142 fps
MRender 128
Gravity 141
Splatting 119
105% 129 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 109%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 1TB
284GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VB411D45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 347 389 401 377 183 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
83% Excellent
Read 694
Write 403
Mixed 381
SusWrite 315
100% 448 MB/s
4K Read 15.9
4K Write 37.5
4K Mixed 22.5
73% 25.3 MB/s
DQ Read 365
DQ Write 229
DQ Mixed 336
240% 310 MB/s
Poor: 84%
This bench: 83%
Great: 330%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
433GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 374 380 389 375 372 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 359
Write 374
Mixed 320
SusWrite 375
81% 357 MB/s
4K Read 38.8
4K Write 91.7
4K Mixed 53
175% 61.2 MB/s
DQ Read 281
DQ Write 228
DQ Mixed 248
187% 252 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 103%
Great: 134%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C17 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
72.1% Very good
MC Read 26
MC Write 27.7
MC Mixed 21.9
72% 25.2 GB/s
SC Read 18
SC Write 30
SC Mixed 22.4
67% 23.5 GB/s
Latency 72.7
55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 72.1%
Great: 131%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,106 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 $178Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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