Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 100%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics90.8% 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 Drive116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.
Run History
7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO  (all builds)
Memory13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160829
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 02 '16 at 18:45
Run Duration149 Seconds
Run User BIH-User
Background CPU1%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (84th 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 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
96.3% Outstanding
Memory 96.6
1-Core 146
2-Core 293
99% 179 Pts
4-Core 517
8-Core 814
82% 665 Pts
64-Core 818
51% 818 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 96.3%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
90.8% Outstanding
Lighting 114
Reflection 121
Parallax 116
93% 117 fps
MRender 101
Gravity 107
Splatting 107
86% 105 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 90.8%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94
327GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
116% Outstanding
Read 498
Write 394
Mixed 416
97% 436 MB/s
4K Read 40
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 52.2
185% 66.9 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 284
DQ Mixed 119
147% 261 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 116%
Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
1TB free
Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
93.5% Outstanding
Read 166
Write 160
Mixed 155
121% 161 MB/s
4K Read 0.76
4K Write 1.58
4K Mixed 0.25
89% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 93.5%
Great: 114%
ST500DM0 02-1BD142 500GB
394GB free, PID 0c25
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
17.7% Very poor
Read 41.4
Write 39.5
Mixed 18.6
40% 33.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.67
4K Write 0.97
4K Mixed 0.61
56% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 10%
This bench: 17.7%
Great: 18%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$37
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
104% Outstanding
MC Read 37.9
MC Write 39.3
MC Mixed 32
104% 36.4 GB/s
SC Read 23.2
SC Write 43
SC Mixed 33.1
95% 33.1 GB/s
Latency 51.8
77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 104%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO Builds (Compare 7,122 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: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $746
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