Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	52.4% 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	208% 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.

Very high background CPU (94%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '18 at 04:12
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	94%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4400-$45 36,432 User benchmarks, average bench 47% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	58.8% Above average	Memory 91.8 1-Core 100 2-Core 130 68% 107 Pts	4-Core 151 8-Core 166 21% 159 Pts	64-Core 171 11% 171 Pts
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Lighting 64.7 Reflection 69.4 Parallax 61.6 53% 65.3 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 64.5 Splatting 55.5 52% 64.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 609 324 324 321 324 323 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 2,089 Write 1,408 Mixed 1,140 SusWrite 371 278% 1,252 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 66.4 228% 81.2 MB/s	DQ Read 754 DQ Write 653 DQ Mixed 662 508% 690 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 280%
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$114 581 User benchmarks, average bench 143% 75GB free Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 455 446 453 455 446 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 936 Write 481 Mixed 555 SusWrite 447 134% 605 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 54.4 194% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 463 DQ Write 430 DQ Mixed 400 313% 431 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 164%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$23 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 435GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 109 108 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 105 Write 105 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 108 69% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x16GB 13,141 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2533 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	46.4% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 14.9 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 14.9 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 49%

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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	675x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $749

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	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 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16