Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	118% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '18 at 06:59
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 243 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 676 70% 564 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 153 Parallax 131 119% 143 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 140 Splatting 111 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 416GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 410 256 293 288 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 458 Mixed 391 SusWrite 307 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 61.5 205% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%
SanDisk X400 1TB-$310 2,086 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 78GB free Firmware: X4120000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 244 249 250 249 249 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	68.5% Good	Read 246 Write 238 Mixed 211 SusWrite 246 53% 235 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 33.7 111% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 184 143% 194 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 106%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 213GB free Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 409 415 415 415 414 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 394 Mixed 314 SusWrite 410 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 44.4 155% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 202 174% 254 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 468GB free Firmware: CC51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 97 99 97 97 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 61.5 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 96.6 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 96%
Hitachi HDN728080ALE604 8TB 1,150 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 7TB free Firmware: A4GNW91X SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 189 199 189 192 203 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 179 Mixed 82 SusWrite 196 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.8 226% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$102 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.1% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.2 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 24 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 114%

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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 $48Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16