Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	240% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	57.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 26 '17 at 22:04
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 261 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 672 69% 557 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.7% Average	Lighting 47.6 Reflection 54.8 Parallax 44.6 39% 49 fps	MRender 87.9 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 61.9 65% 82 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDPE2MW012T4 1TB 257 User benchmarks, average bench 214% 863GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV10171 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2,195 Write 1,191 Mixed 1,534 362% 1,640 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 198 4K Mixed 49.1 225% 95 MB/s	DQ Read 38.9 DQ Write 516 DQ Mixed 232 193% 263 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 254%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 151 11333 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1189 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5573 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 587 (10) Unknown 0 200 5752360042 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 199 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 989 (C2) HDA temperature 110 100 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	88.3% Excellent	Read 145 Write 162 Mixed 154 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.89 4K Mixed 0.26 117% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 25E2 3TB 3,377 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 3TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 113 Write 101 Mixed 76 120% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.09 49% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB-$139 14,506 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 32.2 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 29.6 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 135%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	116x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	166x
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