Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics84.6% 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 Drive100% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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)
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160325
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 30 '19 at 04:08
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User MEX-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (84th 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 way above expectations (99th percentile)
92.6% Outstanding
Memory 96.8
1-Core 134
2-Core 262
92% 164 Pts
4-Core 477
8-Core 717
74% 597 Pts
64-Core 749
46% 749 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 92.6%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
84.6% Excellent
Lighting 105
Reflection 113
Parallax 107
86% 108 fps
MRender 98.4
Gravity 99.9
Splatting 102
82% 100 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120
160GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM00.Y
SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 172 447 141 496 160 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
100% Outstanding
Read 499
Write 342
Mixed 328
SusWrite 316
83% 371 MB/s
4K Read 33
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 42.9
165% 63.3 MB/s
DQ Read 358
DQ Write 116
DQ Mixed 69
95% 181 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 100%
Great: 111%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
634GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 178 179 179 179 180 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
92.1% Outstanding
Read 142
Write 138
Mixed 90.3
SusWrite 178
101% 137 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.2
231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 92.1%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
109% Outstanding
MC Read 40
MC Write 41.8
MC Mixed 33.7
110% 38.5 GB/s
SC Read 22.6
SC Write 46.9
SC Mixed 33.1
98% 34.2 GB/s
Latency 51.2
78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 109%
Great: 107%

 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: 68% - Good Total price: $974
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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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