Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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 Drive	67.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	19.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151023
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '18 at 15:44
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 142 2-Core 285 93% 171 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 555 73% 549 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 145 Parallax 136 109% 138 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 129 Splatting 105 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 256GB 4,588 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 304 295 325 359 363 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 472 Write 298 Mixed 393 SusWrite 306 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 26.4 4K Mixed 25.9 84% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 91.5 DQ Write 70 DQ Mixed 67.3 54% 76.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 109%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 274GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 970 918 778 597 593 594 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 2,490 Write 1,605 Mixed 1,387 SusWrite 742 346% 1,556 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 30.6 4K Mixed 38 151% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 80.1 DQ Mixed 120 90% 123 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 340%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 315GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 109 113 115 114 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 98.5 Write 103 Mixed 66 SusWrite 112 70% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 86%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 269GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 131 133 135 135 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 162 Write 144 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 133 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GVKB CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GVKB 32GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 33.7 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 27.7 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 107%

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Gaming 86%

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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	673x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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	142x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 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 $57Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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