Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '18 at 20:27
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 641 68% 542 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A4) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Lighting 83.1 Reflection 84.4 Parallax 73.6 68% 80.4 fps	MRender 79.8 Gravity 74.4 Splatting 78.2 64% 77.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB 30,897 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: UI450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 18 50 89 65 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	47% Average	Read 408 Write 225 Mixed 244 SusWrite 74.2 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 35 4K Mixed 18.3 71% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 87.2 DQ Mixed 42.2 47% 80.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 52%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 74GB free Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 53 53 53 53 53 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 461 Write 397 Mixed 364 SusWrite 90.9 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 46.4 160% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 244 206% 298 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 91%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 134 134 137 136 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 152 Write 138 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 134 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 34.1 109% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 45.4 SC Mixed 32.4 96% 33.5 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	672x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	116x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	165x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	141x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	75x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	59x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	42x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $78Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $969

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16