Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 131% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	135% 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	230% 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.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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	59 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '18 at 22:57
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 788 82% 657 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2982 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 206 Parallax 206 154% 200 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 191 Splatting 132 123% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 866 625 611 589 538 492 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 1830 Write 1,600 Mixed 640 SusWrite 620 261% 1,172 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 62.3 233% 90.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,038 DQ Write 1,093 DQ Mixed 977 759% 1,036 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 254%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 89GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 258 257 258 260 259 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 310 Write 255 Mixed 257 SusWrite 258 61% 270 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 33.1 120% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 148 131% 196 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 91%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 6.5TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 302 305 304 312 307 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 46% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU64GX4M4C3000C15 4x16GB 731 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 29.8 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 30.1 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 140%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	673x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $160Bench 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: 65% - Good

Total price: $1,020

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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