Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics106% 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 Drive146% 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.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA  (all builds)
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171227
Uptime2.1 Days
Run DateFeb 03 '18 at 23:27
Run Duration93 Seconds
Run User CZE-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing as expected (60th 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 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
84.5% Excellent
Memory 93.3
1-Core 134
2-Core 265
92% 164 Pts
4-Core 408
8-Core 713
68% 560 Pts
64-Core 726
45% 726 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84.5%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
106% Outstanding
Lighting 138
Reflection 151
Parallax 130
112% 139 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 134
Splatting 109
97% 120 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 106%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$70
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 57CZ Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
146% Outstanding
Read 1,961
Write 297
Mixed 962
233% 1,073 MB/s
4K Read 31.1
4K Write 135
4K Mixed 23.8
149% 63.3 MB/s
DQ Read 41.6
DQ Write 206
DQ Mixed 126
96% 125 MB/s
Poor: 116%
This bench: 146%
Great: 242%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
71.1% Very good
MC Read 27.3
MC Write 26.7
MC Mixed 20.1
71% 24.7 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 26.9
SC Mixed 22.8
64% 22.3 GB/s
Latency 61.4
65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 71.1%
Great: 79%

 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 986 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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