Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics87.9% 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 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.
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.
Run History
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA  (all builds)
Memory28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170125
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 14 '17 at 16:04
Run Duration247 Seconds
Run User SYC-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing as expected (51st 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 way above expectations (98th percentile)
91% Outstanding
Memory 96.3
1-Core 134
2-Core 259
92% 163 Pts
4-Core 461
8-Core 751
74% 606 Pts
64-Core 742
46% 742 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 91%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
87.9% Excellent
Lighting 111
Reflection 118
Parallax 98.8
90% 109 fps
MRender 98.3
Gravity 102
Splatting 104
83% 101 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87.9%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270
368GB free
Firmware: MU04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
94.2% Outstanding
Read 507
Write 401
Mixed 353
93% 420 MB/s
4K Read 30.8
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 25.2
134% 53.1 MB/s
DQ Read 169
DQ Write 279
DQ Mixed 30.3
78% 160 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 94.2%
Great: 104%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
185GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
214% Outstanding
Read 1,806
Write 1,098
Mixed 1,372
316% 1,425 MB/s
4K Read 51.1
4K Write 194
4K Mixed 34.6
224% 93.3 MB/s
DQ Read 50.9
DQ Write 360
DQ Mixed 170
142% 194 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 214%
Great: 283%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67
592GB free
Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
71.5% Very good
Read 115
Write 134
Mixed 136
97% 129 MB/s
4K Read 0.46
4K Write 1.37
4K Mixed 0.14
60% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 71.5%
Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27
172GB free
Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
69.4% Good
Read 122
Write 120
Mixed 119
91% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.92
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.17
94% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 69.4%
Great: 112%
Seagate ST1500LM003-9YH148 1.5TB
59GB free
Firmware: CC94 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
24.9% Poor
Read 41.3
Write 45.2
Mixed 42.8
32% 43.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.57
4K Write 0.48
4K Mixed 0.1
44% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 25%
This bench: 24.9%
Great: 52%
Samsung G3 Station 2TB
2GB free, PID 6014
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
17.1% Very poor
Read 34.3
Write 31
Mixed 32.8
42% 32.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.53
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.38
73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 9%
This bench: 17.1%
Great: 22%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C15 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
103% Outstanding
MC Read 38.7
MC Write 40.6
MC Mixed 31.1
105% 36.8 GB/s
SC Read 20.2
SC Write 42.5
SC Mixed 29.6
88% 30.8 GB/s
Latency 53.1
75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 103%
Great: 115%

 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 995 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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