Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '18 at 21:02
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 724 71% 583 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% 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: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.4% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 107 Parallax 97.2 83% 102 fps	MRender 88.3 Gravity 93.7 Splatting 76.7 70% 86.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 444 429 446 448 448 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 460 Mixed 364 SusWrite 441 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 44.4 159% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 345 264% 358 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 409GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 444 448 452 456 455 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 416 Write 445 Mixed 311 SusWrite 448 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 39.3 143% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 154 156% 250 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 275GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 126 126 125 127 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 124 Write 98.7 Mixed 77 SusWrite 126 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C17 4x4GB 562 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	97.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 30.7 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 38.8 SC Mixed 28.3 84% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 122%

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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	674x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	119x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	166x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	76x

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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16