Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 62.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	54.3% 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)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	6.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '18 at 14:01
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing way above expectations (98^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 (99^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 199 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 200 27% 204 Pts	64-Core 201 12% 201 Pts
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.9% 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: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Lighting 69.2 Reflection 68.8 Parallax 60.8 56% 66.3 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 63 Splatting 54.7 50% 62.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$104 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,435 Write 7,369 Mixed 6,173 1,422% 6,326 MB/s	4K Read 398 4K Write 360 4K Mixed 365 1,260% 374 MB/s	DQ Read 757 DQ Write 695 DQ Mixed 757 560% 736 MB/s
Poor: 160% 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: 458 445 444 446 445 446 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	536% Outstanding	Read 5,190 Write 475 Mixed 920 SusWrite 448 376% 1,758 MB/s	4K Read 418 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 182 928% 239 MB/s	DQ Read 784 DQ Write 479 DQ Mixed 701 504% 655 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 536% Great: 164%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$22 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 336GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 108 110 109 110 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 17% 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 @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	49.8% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 49%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	678x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	120x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	167x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $740

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16