Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84.2% 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 Drive73% 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.
High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA  (all builds)
Memory13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160325
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 03 '16 at 22:27
Run Duration83 Seconds
Run User ITA-User
Background CPU 26%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (43rd 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 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
83.5% Excellent
Memory 92.7
1-Core 120
2-Core 252
86% 155 Pts
4-Core 400
8-Core 704
67% 552 Pts
64-Core 709
44% 709 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83.5%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 372.90
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
84.2% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 114
Parallax 108
86% 109 fps
MRender 97.7
Gravity 96.9
Splatting 100
81% 98.2 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.2%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron XTi 480GB-$247
345GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFC02.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
73% Very good
Read 375
Write 381
Mixed 380
85% 378 MB/s
4K Read 24.5
4K Write 68.5
4K Mixed 13.5
91% 35.5 MB/s
DQ Read 176
DQ Write 211
DQ Mixed 57.8
81% 148 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 73%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
42.9% Average
MC Read 20.5
MC Write 10.5
MC Mixed 11.5
40% 14.2 GB/s
SC Read 15.8
SC Write 9.9
SC Mixed 13.1
37% 12.9 GB/s
Latency 62.7
64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 42.9%
Great: 110%

 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 994 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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