Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 114%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 95%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics125% 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 Drive166% 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.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA  (all builds)
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161216
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateMar 24 '17 at 08:01
Run Duration89 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing as expected (47th 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 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
91.3% Outstanding
Memory 93.6
1-Core 145
2-Core 278
96% 172 Pts
4-Core 490
8-Core 635
72% 563 Pts
64-Core 741
46% 741 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 91.3%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.92
Performing below potential (64th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
125% Outstanding
Lighting 174
Reflection 198
Parallax 174
142% 182 fps
MRender 126
Gravity 169
Splatting 121
112% 139 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 125%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
11GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
166% Outstanding
Read 1,976
Write 481
Mixed 813
236% 1,090 MB/s
4K Read 46.1
4K Write 142
4K Mixed 25.7
178% 71.2 MB/s
DQ Read 46
DQ Write 238
DQ Mixed 28.9
55% 104 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 166%
Great: 283%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 4000 C19 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2197 MHz
Performing below potential (15th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
66% Good
MC Read 24.1
MC Write 24.8
MC Mixed 20.6
66% 23.2 GB/s
SC Read 15.1
SC Write 20.4
SC Mixed 20.2
53% 18.6 GB/s
Latency 60.8
66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 66%
Great: 123%

 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 995 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: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $749
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