Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 121%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 96%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics131% 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 Drive218% 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.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA  (all builds)
Memory24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160624
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateNov 10 '16 at 16:27
Run Duration119 Seconds
Run User ESP-User
Background CPU 16%

 PC Performing as expected (55th 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, 4 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
92.1% Outstanding
Memory 91.9
1-Core 136
2-Core 272
92% 167 Pts
4-Core 533
8-Core 536
71% 534 Pts
64-Core 536
33% 536 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 92.1%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286
Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
131% Outstanding
Lighting 185
Reflection 203
Parallax 178
151% 189 fps
MRender 128
Gravity 172
Splatting 119
113% 140 fps
Poor: 108%
This bench: 131%
Great: 132%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275
214GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
69.3% Good
Read 371
Write 323
Mixed 324
76% 339 MB/s
4K Read 28.8
4K Write 51.6
4K Mixed 23.4
101% 34.6 MB/s
DQ Read 29.6
DQ Write 163
DQ Mixed 129
90% 107 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 69.3%
Great: 135%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
174GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
218% Outstanding
Read 1,684
Write 1,167
Mixed 1,270
305% 1,374 MB/s
4K Read 40.9
4K Write 182
4K Mixed 41.7
212% 88.1 MB/s
DQ Read 398
DQ Write 332
DQ Mixed 141
167% 290 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 218%
Great: 283%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$80
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (40th percentile)
78% Very good
MC Read 28
MC Write 29.2
MC Mixed 25.3
79% 27.5 GB/s
SC Read 17.9
SC Write 29.9
SC Mixed 23.9
68% 23.9 GB/s
Latency 64.3
62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 78%
Great: 114%

 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 989 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: 70% - Good Total price: $960
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Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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