Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	219% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '19 at 19:51
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 798 85% 676 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 92%

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: 417.35 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 146 Parallax 136 110% 139 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 133 Splatting 109 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1248 354 297 297 298 298 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,775 Write 1,326 Mixed 535 SusWrite 465 227% 1,025 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 59.6 230% 89.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,077 DQ Write 1,136 DQ Mixed 952 759% 1,055 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 21GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 150 143 146 158 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 292 Write 208 Mixed 239 SusWrite 145 50% 221 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 34.9 146% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 173 131% 175 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 85%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 86GB free Firmware: 10.02E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 60 60 61 60 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 60.7 Write 60.5 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 59.8 41% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 35%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 39GB free Firmware: 10.02E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 61 62 62 62 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	34.1% Below average	Read 57 Write 59.3 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 61.3 41% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 175% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 26.9 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 36.9 SC Mixed 31.3 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 104%

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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 $46

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