Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics79.8% 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 Drive155% 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)
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160325
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 22 '18 at 06:53
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User NCL-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (74th 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 (98th percentile)
90.7% Outstanding
Memory 96.1
1-Core 146
2-Core 288
98% 177 Pts
4-Core 459
8-Core 801
76% 630 Pts
64-Core 799
49% 799 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 90.7%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing below potential (58th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
79.8% Very good
Lighting 99.8
Reflection 110
Parallax 93
81% 101 fps
MRender 90
Gravity 93
Splatting 97
77% 93.3 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 79.8%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141
113GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0C4005T2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 590 555 636 562 556 654 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
155% Outstanding
Read 1,238
Write 731
Mixed 522
SusWrite 592
171% 771 MB/s
4K Read 38.5
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 46.5
173% 63.3 MB/s
DQ Read 419
DQ Write 309
DQ Mixed 113
153% 280 MB/s
Poor: 84%
This bench: 155%
Great: 159%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90
194GB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 129 129 129 127 129 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
93.3% Outstanding
Read 196
Write 148
Mixed 28.3
SusWrite 129
90% 125 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 1.8
338% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 93.3%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
92.7% Outstanding
MC Read 34.6
MC Write 37
MC Mixed 25.3
92% 32.3 GB/s
SC Read 21.6
SC Write 39.1
SC Mixed 29.7
86% 30.1 GB/s
Latency 53.6
75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 92.7%
Great: 113%

 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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HDDRAMUSB
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