Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	250% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '19 at 19:54
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 264 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 809 77% 638 Pts	64-Core 807 50% 807 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 143 Parallax 127 104% 133 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 128 Splatting 105 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 277GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 726 665 663 663 660 543 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,465 Write 2,154 Mixed 1,352 SusWrite 653 369% 1,656 MB/s	4K Read 58.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 79.1 250% 83.8 MB/s	DQ Read 853 DQ Write 635 DQ Mixed 765 566% 751 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 340%
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 389GB free Firmware: X6104000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 435 410 407 406 411 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 450 Mixed 383 SusWrite 419 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 35.7 120% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 287 233% 330 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 119%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 12TB 454 User benchmarks, average bench 202% 7TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 355 367 366 353 357 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 403 Write 255 Mixed 100 SusWrite 361 203% 280 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 7.4 4K Mixed 1.2 395% 3.87 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 285%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FAD 2x16GB 390 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 25.8 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 33.5 SC Mixed 25.2 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 88%

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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 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	682x
Core i7-7700KIntel $247Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	121x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	169x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	143x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $230Bench 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	33x

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 $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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