Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 102%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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 Drive209% 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)
Memory9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160919
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateJul 16 '22 at 03:37
Run Duration228 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
93.2% Outstanding
Memory 96.1
1-Core 132
2-Core 263
92% 164 Pts
4-Core 522
8-Core 521
70% 521 Pts
64-Core 497
31% 497 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 93.2%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
105% Outstanding
Lighting 132
Reflection 146
Parallax 134
108% 137 fps
MRender 119
Gravity 136
Splatting 121
103% 126 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 105%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550
204GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 8EV10174 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 664 866 878 859 846 823 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
209% Outstanding
Read 721
Write 930
Mixed 582
SusWrite 823
173% 764 MB/s
4K Read 42.2
4K Write 207
4K Mixed 56.3
246% 102 MB/s
DQ Read 1,572
DQ Write 939
DQ Mixed 1,007
817% 1,173 MB/s
Poor: 123%
This bench: 209%
Great: 230%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129
328GB free
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 411 433 429 429 430 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
131% Outstanding
Read 516
Write 488
Mixed 460
SusWrite 404
105% 467 MB/s
4K Read 45.4
4K Write 132
4K Mixed 65.5
222% 80.8 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 363
273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 131%
Great: 133%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65
285GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 78 77 78 77 76 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
43.8% Average
Read 76
Write 73.4
Mixed 53.7
SusWrite 76.6
52% 69.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 43.8%
Great: 57%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
104% Outstanding
MC Read 36.8
MC Write 40.3
MC Mixed 34.3
106% 37.1 GB/s
SC Read 21.5
SC Write 41.8
SC Mixed 30.6
89% 31.3 GB/s
Latency 53.5
75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 104%
Great: 104%

 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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Intel Core i5-12600K $184Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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