Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics85.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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)
Memory7.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180314
Uptime1.2 Days
Run DateFeb 06 '23 at 16:25
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User AUT-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$219
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
83.3% Excellent
Memory 95.3
1-Core 111
2-Core 192
79% 133 Pts
4-Core 386
8-Core 547
59% 467 Pts
64-Core 551
34% 551 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 83.3%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
85.1% Excellent
Lighting 107
Reflection 114
Parallax 102
88% 108 fps
MRender 91.6
Gravity 102
Splatting 99.7
80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 85.1%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226
687GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41320RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 28 24 20 13 24 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 62% Great: 107%
Sandisk PLUS 120GB
90GB free
Firmware: UE4500RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 67 54 60 38 78 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
48.6% Average
Read 438
Write 241
Mixed 259
SusWrite 80.2
56% 255 MB/s
4K Read 20.3
4K Write 33.3
4K Mixed 17.6
71% 23.7 MB/s
DQ Read 118
DQ Write 93.5
DQ Mixed 42.7
49% 84.6 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 48.6%
Great: 55%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$35
764GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 9.3 15 18 25 14 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 38% Great: 85%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 3x4GB
3 of 4 slots used
12GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
88.8% Excellent
MC Read 32.8
MC Write 33.6
MC Mixed 28
90% 31.5 GB/s
SC Read 18.4
SC Write 33.7
SC Mixed 27
75% 26.4 GB/s
Latency 56.3
71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 88.8%
Great: 98%

 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 999 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: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $780
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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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