Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	74.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	128% 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '18 at 14:45
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	ARM-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 278 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 766 80% 645 Pts	64-Core 753 47% 753 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.7% Very good	Lighting 92.3 Reflection 99.6 Parallax 77.9 75% 89.9 fps	MRender 89.3 Gravity 85.9 Splatting 93 74% 89.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 287 129 108 126 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 876 Write 565 Mixed 568 SusWrite 206 123% 554 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 53 205% 82.5 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 526 DQ Mixed 318 265% 374 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 157%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 355GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 336 335 336 338 334 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 339 Write 328 Mixed 190 SusWrite 336 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 29.6 128% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 63.4 96% 183 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 152 150 153 154 154 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 138 Write 104 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 151 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 47GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 96 94 95 94 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 167 Write 122 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 95.1 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 155GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 95 87 88 88 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 137 Write 120 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 89.3 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C15 2x16GB 891 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3264 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.6% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 16.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 19.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 115%

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Gaming 86%

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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 $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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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