Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 135% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 117% UFO


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 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	137% 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	223% 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 (11%). 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	60.4 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 05:17
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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-$170 588,978 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)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 293 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 818 84% 677 Pts	64-Core 824 51% 824 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.6% 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)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 194 Reflection 207 Parallax 187 158% 196 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 193 Splatting 130 123% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% 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: 878 643 646 647 642 597 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 1,646 Write 1,548 Mixed 642 SusWrite 676 251% 1,128 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 59.1 228% 89.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,024 DQ Write 1,040 DQ Mixed 905 715% 990 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 254%
Crucial M500 240GB-$79 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 89GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 259 262 263 264 262 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 321 Write 265 Mixed 262 SusWrite 262 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 32.2 119% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 148 132% 197 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 91%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 8TB 1,740 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 6.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 314 318 316 315 318 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 302 Write 244 Mixed 87 SusWrite 314 172% 237 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 177% 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)	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 29.8 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 30 88% 31 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.7% 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 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	679x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	120x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	168x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $81Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	42x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $330Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $57Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $734

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16