Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	154% 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	189% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '18 at 00:52
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 665 65% 535 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2383) ≥ 4GB; 11G-P4-2383-KR CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	154% Outstanding	Lighting 214 Reflection 226 Parallax 241 175% 227 fps	MRender 237 Gravity 218 Splatting 131 153% 195 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 308 312 297 297 276 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	189% Outstanding	Read 1,888 Write 937 Mixed 675 SusWrite 314 210% 954 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 56 211% 79.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,076 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 458 393% 601 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 283%
Intel SSDSC2BF120A4H SED 120GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 32GB free Firmware: LSTi SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 107 134 137 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 407 Write 141 Mixed 193 SusWrite 128 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 37.8 147% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 122 104% 154 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 78%
Samsung MZ7LN256HMJP-000H1 256GB 5,580 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 40GB free Firmware: MAV01H3Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 279 278 291 288 245 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 356 Write 391 Mixed 340 SusWrite 276 77% 341 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 50.5 168% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 247 186% 250 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 122%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 223GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 445 447 469 469 282 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 470 Mixed 448 SusWrite 424 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 55.4 187% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 129%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 346GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 102 102 102 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 146 Write 143 Mixed 75 SusWrite 102 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 231% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.5% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22.4 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 22.3 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 110%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	673x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $57Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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