Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics97.9% 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 Drive313% 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)
Memory12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180314
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 15 '23 at 04:19
Run Duration204 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing as expected (52nd 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 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
83.9% Excellent
Memory 94.3
1-Core 119
2-Core 222
84% 145 Pts
4-Core 411
8-Core 499
59% 455 Pts
64-Core 582
36% 582 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83.9%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 472.88
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
97.9% Outstanding
Lighting 127
Reflection 117
Parallax 120
103% 121 fps
MRender 139
Gravity 103
Splatting 88.4
87% 110 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 97.9%
Great: 106%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB
883GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5B2QGXA7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1076 1674 2004 2124 2122 2084 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
313% Outstanding
Read 2,363
Write 2,202
Mixed 2,062
SusWrite 1,847
477% 2,119 MB/s
4K Read 50.2
4K Write 92.7
4K Mixed 75.6
222% 72.8 MB/s
DQ Read 953
DQ Write 649
DQ Mixed 882
636% 828 MB/s
Poor: 236%
This bench: 313%
Great: 477%
WDC WDS100T2G0A-00JH30 1TB
931GB free
Firmware: UH510000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 4.1 59 120 4.8 29 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
42.9% Average
Read 439
Write 370
Mixed 299
SusWrite 52.4
65% 290 MB/s
4K Read 12
4K Write 40.2
4K Mixed 13.9
57% 22 MB/s
DQ Read 116
DQ Write 97.1
DQ Mixed 29.5
43% 80.7 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 42.9%
Great: 106%
Md4000gsa6472dvr 0 4TB
3.5TB free
Firmware: MJAONS04
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 160 159 162 159 161 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
89.4% Excellent
Read 153
Write 156
Mixed 88.6
SusWrite 159
102% 139 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.7
160% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 89.4%
Great: 91%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
90.9% Outstanding
MC Read 33.9
MC Write 35.1
MC Mixed 26.7
91% 31.9 GB/s
SC Read 20.9
SC Write 39.4
SC Mixed 27.6
84% 29.3 GB/s
Latency 59.1
68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 90.9%
Great: 112%

 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 996 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: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $749
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