Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 119%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 103%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics152% 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 Drive78% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA  (all builds)
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171227
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 06 '18 at 00:44
Run Duration136 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%
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 PC Performing as expected (48th 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 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
81.6% Excellent
Memory 87
1-Core 123
2-Core 237
84% 149 Pts
4-Core 410
8-Core 650
65% 530 Pts
64-Core 694
43% 694 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 81.6%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441
Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.16
Performing below potential (35th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
152% Outstanding
Lighting 208
Reflection 221
Parallax 234
169% 221 fps
MRender 253
Gravity 211
Splatting 136
157% 200 fps
Poor: 128%
This bench: 152%
Great: 174%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1754D117-489 240GB
147GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CS111101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 208 264 206 244 241 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
78% Very good
Read 352
Write 279
Mixed 242
SusWrite 238
62% 278 MB/s
4K Read 21.1
4K Write 86.8
4K Mixed 33.4
121% 47.1 MB/s
DQ Read 270
DQ Write 273
DQ Mixed 173
157% 238 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 78%
Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
647GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 155 154 156 155 159 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
88.1% Excellent
Read 151
Write 122
Mixed 82.2
SusWrite 156
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 88.1%
Great: 114%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102
327GB free
Firmware: 3.CHN
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 73 75 75 74 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
33.9% Below average
Read 43.7
Write 26
Mixed 34.2
SusWrite 74
33% 44.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.4
105% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 33.9%
Great: 43%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
40.4% Average
MC Read 14.3
MC Write 14.1
MC Mixed 11.5
38% 13.3 GB/s
SC Read 12.5
SC Write 14
SC Mixed 12.6
37% 13 GB/s
Latency 70.4
57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 40.4%
Great: 48%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA Builds (Compare 987 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA - $240

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $969
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