Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 53%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive68.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.
Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA  (all builds)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180314
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 17 '22 at 16:46
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User SRB-User
Background CPU 49%

 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
75.8% Very good
Memory 84.4
1-Core 109
2-Core 199
75% 131 Pts
4-Core 362
8-Core 564
57% 463 Pts
64-Core 573
35% 573 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 75.8%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500
Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 527.56
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
64.6% Good
Lighting 81.6
Reflection 125
Parallax 77.9
66% 94.9 fps
MRender 78.9
Gravity 76.9
Splatting 69.2
61% 75 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 64.6%
Great: 66%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89
99GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0C3J96R9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 169 117 91 83 87 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
68.6% Good
Read 447
Write 430
Mixed 337
SusWrite 129
75% 335 MB/s
4K Read 27
4K Write 58.8
4K Mixed 26.1
106% 37.3 MB/s
DQ Read 272
DQ Write 215
DQ Mixed 178
151% 222 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 68.6%
Great: 88%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB
931GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 85 89 90 90 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
49.9% Average
Read 85.5
Write 83.6
Mixed 60.2
SusWrite 87.9
58% 79.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.7
145% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 49.9%
Great: 51%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH Kingston 9905625-062.A00G 16GB
2187, 2187 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
72.8% Very good
MC Read 27.3
MC Write 28.7
MC Mixed 21.3
74% 25.8 GB/s
SC Read 16.9
SC Write 28.2
SC Mixed 22
64% 22.4 GB/s
Latency 72.7
55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 72.8%
Great: 73%

 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 993 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: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $745
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