Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 116% 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	138% 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	234% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	59.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '18 at 05:09
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 149 2-Core 291 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 811 82% 663 Pts	64-Core 818 51% 818 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.5% 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 (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 193 Reflection 207 Parallax 188 157% 196 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 190 Splatting 142 126% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% 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: 871 646 644 646 641 548 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 1,892 Write 1,734 Mixed 613 SusWrite 666 273% 1,226 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 61.5 232% 90.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,038 DQ Write 1,060 DQ Mixed 903 719% 1,000 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 254%
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 89GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 261 263 264 261 260 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 326 Write 265 Mixed 254 SusWrite 261 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 33.1 120% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 150 131% 195 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 91%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 8TB 1,740 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 6.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 315 319 316 317 318 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 308 Write 242 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 314 172% 237 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 262%

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)	96.5% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 29.7 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 30.4 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 140%

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

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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	674x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	119x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	166x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16