Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	265% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '17 at 18:21
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 (92^nd percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 606 66% 520 Pts	64-Core 619 38% 619 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 3426) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 132 Parallax 128 156% 151 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 125 Splatting 100 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 404GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2,217 Write 1,406 Mixed 1,404 370% 1,676 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 59.4 229% 86.2 MB/s	DQ Read 541 DQ Write 396 DQ Mixed 220 232% 386 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 350GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 829 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 199 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 185 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4478992509	119% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 395 Mixed 416 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 52.8 194% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 132 153% 265 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 345GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 830 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 199 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 185 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4537200864	118% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 396 Mixed 422 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 52.3 192% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 133 153% 264 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C15 4x8GB 221 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 32.2 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 26.2 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 132%

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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	673x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $57Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $960

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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