Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	94.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (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	16.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '18 at 19:20
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 262 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 675 72% 574 Pts	64-Core 757 47% 757 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 147 Parallax 125 108% 135 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 129 Splatting 107 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 338GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6104000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 347 394 396 394 400 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 449 Mixed 333 SusWrite 390 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 33.8 115% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 282 231% 330 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 119%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 100 102 102 106 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 169 Write 190 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 103 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 0.6 214% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 121%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 104 103 97 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 174 Write 192 Mixed 78 SusWrite 101 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.7 213% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FAD 2x16GB 390 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 25.5 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23.6 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 88%

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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 $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 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: 69% - Good

Total price: $969

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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