Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


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 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '18 at 16:58
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 244 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 733 73% 597 Pts	64-Core 733 45% 733 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.8% Good	Lighting 79.2 Reflection 91.3 Parallax 74.2 65% 81.6 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 79.1 Splatting 103 80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 133 126 128 127 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 492 Mixed 398 SusWrite 162 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 62.5 216% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 357 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 267GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 99 102 101 101 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 108 Write 120 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 101 64% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.7 329% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 408GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 160 158 160 161 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 160 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 160 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%

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 (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.4% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.3 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $960

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