Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	294% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '19 at 01:41
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

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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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 147 2-Core 277 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 631 72% 562 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 152 Parallax 129 115% 141 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 140 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$157 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 957 647 627 597 584 562 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	294% Outstanding	Read 2,227 Write 2,327 Mixed 1,052 SusWrite 662 350% 1,567 MB/s	4K Read 65.2 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 95.3 325% 119 MB/s	DQ Read 1,523 DQ Write 1,342 DQ Mixed 1,404 1,060% 1,423 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 294% Great: 372%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 280GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 437 439 439 438 439 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 361 Write 422 Mixed 324 SusWrite 438 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 33.7 151% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 179 155% 222 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 107%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 220GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 438 440 440 439 440 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 367 Write 459 Mixed 369 SusWrite 439 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 42.8 166% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 256 218% 319 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%
Terra Master DAS 4TB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 911GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 116 118 118 117 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 119 Write 85.5 Mixed 76 SusWrite 116 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 124%
Terra Master DAS 4TB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 140 141 141 141 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 107 Write 137 Mixed 111 SusWrite 140 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 305% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 124%
Terra Master DAS 3TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 148 150 149 147 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 164 Write 117 Mixed 82 SusWrite 147 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3535 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 43.4 MC Mixed 33.6 111% 38.8 GB/s	SC Read 24.2 SC Write 46.6 SC Mixed 32.1 98% 34.3 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 115%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	679x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	121x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	168x
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 $330Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $57Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	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