Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.3% 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 @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 13:11
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 258 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 722 73% 591 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.3% 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: 1532 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 116 Parallax 106 92% 112 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 103 Splatting 89.6 78% 95.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 405 460 459 465 451 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 457 Mixed 362 SusWrite 446 99% 442 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 43.9 157% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 344 263% 356 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: 426 395 450 454 454 455 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 421 Write 446 Mixed 316 SusWrite 439 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 39.7 144% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 155 157% 252 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: 125 127 126 128 127 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 110 Write 103 Mixed 94.2 SusWrite 127 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.2% 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 @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	MC Read 43.2 MC Write 45.7 MC Mixed 37 120% 42 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 46.9 SC Mixed 31.9 96% 33.8 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 122%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	673x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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	59x
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 $78Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $969

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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