Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84.3% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '18 at 03:59
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 84.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 256 87% 158 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 709 74% 596 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 046C) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.7.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Lighting 72.9 Reflection 63.5 Parallax 90.7 59% 75.7 fps	MRender 62.8 Gravity 61.7 Splatting 78.6 57% 67.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 269 255 264 252 280 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 363 Write 350 Mixed 278 SusWrite 264 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 31.1 141% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 206 168% 240 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 108%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 354GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 91 90 92 93 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 132 Write 138 Mixed 88.4 SusWrite 91.4 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4DFD824A.C16FBD CT16G4DFD824A.C16FHD 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.4% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 12.9 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 77%

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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 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