Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% 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	130% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '18 at 20:03
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	PER-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th 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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 84.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 260 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 732 71% 585 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 200 Parallax 182 152% 190 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 182 Splatting 129 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 1TB 2,597 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 768GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 380 481 490 491 491 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 460 Mixed 408 SusWrite 461 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 64.1 211% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 317 251% 349 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%
HyperX Savage 960GB-$397 1,581 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 732GB free Firmware: SAFM00.U SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 374 471 479 481 478 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 490 Mixed 327 SusWrite 450 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 40.5 154% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 67.6 104% 200 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 111%
WD WD60PURX-64LZMY0 6TB 1,184 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 128 135 137 137 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 167 Write 162 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 134 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C19 2x16GB 1,113 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.2% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.1 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 126%

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

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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