Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% 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	73.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	16.8 GB free of 20 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '19 at 18:03
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 153 2-Core 302 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 850 85% 690 Pts	64-Core 855 53% 855 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 153 Parallax 145 125% 151 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 145 Splatting 115 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 213 252 250 249 248 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 477 Write 256 Mixed 279 SusWrite 239 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 19.6 116% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 33 50% 93.2 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 74%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 62GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 111 123 126 133 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 133 Write 119 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 124 72% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 496GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 96 97 98 98 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 96.6 Write 82.8 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 95.9 60% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 68%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 273GB free Firmware: 07.00K07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 71 78 78 78 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 53.4 Write 65.1 Mixed 52.4 SusWrite 74.6 45% 61.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 76%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 127GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 86 85 86 86 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 83.8 Write 86.8 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 84.9 58% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 62%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,758 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 500GB free, PID 0100 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 108 109 109 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 109 Write 106 Mixed 36.9 SusWrite 109 119% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 83% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 44%
Seagate Expansion Desk 1TB 564 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 187GB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 173 173 172 173 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 130 Write 112 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 172 166% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 64% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 20GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 31.3 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 30.9 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

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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 $242Bench 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