Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 125%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 102%
UFO
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 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics152% 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 Drive214% 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.
Memory48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA  (all builds)
Memory43.3 GB free of 48 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180314
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 12 '23 at 21:51
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 20%
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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 as expected (49th percentile)
81.1% Excellent
Memory 87.3
1-Core 118
2-Core 221
81% 142 Pts
4-Core 407
8-Core 569
61% 488 Pts
64-Core 540
33% 540 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 81.1%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400
EVGA(3842 4767) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.41
Performing below potential (72nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
152% Outstanding
Lighting 225
Reflection 201
Parallax 193
183% 206 fps
MRender 192
Gravity 152
Splatting 135
128% 159 fps
Poor: 135%
This bench: 152%
Great: 158%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Team TM8FPD001T 1TB
796GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VC0S036B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 860 1301 1521 1041 316 299 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
214% Outstanding
Read 1,877
Write 1,570
Mixed 1,299
SusWrite 890
315% 1,409 MB/s
4K Read 33.5
4K Write 90.1
4K Mixed 51.1
164% 58.2 MB/s
DQ Read 781
DQ Write 708
DQ Mixed 756
564% 748 MB/s
Poor: 120%
This bench: 214%
Great: 319%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90
85GB free
Firmware: 03.03E03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 72 73 76 76 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
49.2% Average
Read 96.7
Write 97.3
Mixed 56.7
SusWrite 74.4
60% 81.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 49.2%
Great: 58%
WD WD10EVVS-63M5B0 1TB
931GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 94 95 94 95 94 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
51.2% Above average
Read 84.7
Write 92.2
Mixed 53.2
SusWrite 93.4
59% 80.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 51.2%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GTZB F4-3200C16-16GTZR F4-3200C16-8GTZB F4-3200C16-16GTZR 48GB
3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz
8192, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
93.8% Outstanding
MC Read 34.9
MC Write 40.2
MC Mixed 33.7
104% 36.3 GB/s
SC Read 9.9
SC Write 23.4
SC Mixed 16.3
47% 16.5 GB/s
Latency 70.2
57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 72%
This bench: 93.8%
Great: 108%

 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 990 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA - $240

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $820
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