Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics105% 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 Drive211% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.
Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA  (all builds)
Memory21.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180314
Uptime2 Days
Run DateSep 05 '18 at 16:09
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User CYP-User
Background CPU 59%
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 PC Performing as expected (48th 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 (42nd percentile)
79.8% Very good
Memory 87.5
1-Core 111
2-Core 213
78% 137 Pts
4-Core 389
8-Core 565
60% 477 Pts
64-Core 640
40% 640 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 79.8%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
105% Outstanding
Lighting 137
Reflection 148
Parallax 128
112% 138 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 133
Splatting 109
97% 119 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 105%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150
429GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1190 1104 1099 1102 1096 1084 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
211% Outstanding
Read 1,600
Write 1,524
Mixed 679
SusWrite 1,112
275% 1,229 MB/s
4K Read 31.2
4K Write 91.9
4K Mixed 49.2
159% 57.4 MB/s
DQ Read 714
DQ Write 619
DQ Mixed 718
524% 684 MB/s
Poor: 157%
This bench: 211%
Great: 302%
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$71
3.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 157 154 155 157 157 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
89.3% Excellent
Read 156
Write 154
Mixed 79
SusWrite 156
100% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 1
174% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 89.3%
Great: 100%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70.4% Very good
MC Read 24.2
MC Write 27.7
MC Mixed 24
72% 25.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.5
SC Write 22.9
SC Mixed 20.3
55% 19.2 GB/s
Latency 70
57% 70 ns
Poor: 68%
This bench: 70.4%
Great: 124%

 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: 69% - Good Total price: $969
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