Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	217% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '18 at 14:07
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 142 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 784 78% 635 Pts	64-Core 799 50% 799 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1585 MHz, MLim: 1788 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 125 Parallax 112 92% 117 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 107 Splatting 103 85% 104 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 527 529 518 524 518 515 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 2,077 Write 799 Mixed 588 SusWrite 522 218% 996 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 56.4 238% 92 MB/s	DQ Read 1,082 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 380 358% 581 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 243%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 174GB free Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 391 458 468 465 469 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 467 Mixed 245 SusWrite 439 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 36.9 158% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 159 173% 289 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 251GB 98 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 231GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 6.9 6.7 6.8 6.9 6.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	5.98% Terrible	Read 8.5 Write 5.5 Mixed 6 SusWrite 6.6 9% 6.65 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.5 90% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.98% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,376 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 31.7 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 30.8 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 111%

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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	673x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	59x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $78Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $969

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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