Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 143% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	140% 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.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '19 at 05:44
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$169 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 156 2-Core 312 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 612 8-Core 614 82% 613 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 3471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2996 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Lighting 200 Reflection 211 Parallax 192 163% 201 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 199 Splatting 133 125% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,713 Write 1,870 Mixed 953 406% 1,845 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 209 4K Mixed 78.2 293% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,320 DQ Write 1,328 DQ Mixed 1,123 899% 1,257 MB/s
Poor: 159% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 89GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 480 487 495 496 496 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 491 Mixed 380 SusWrite 482 105% 469 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 52.7 200% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 349 266% 359 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 124%
Toshiba HG6 256GB 4,588 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 32GB free Firmware: JURA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 159 110 139 210 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 503 Write 92.9 Mixed 215 SusWrite 139 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 39.4 133% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 160 137% 207 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 2,080 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 40 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 37.6 115% 40.3 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 32 97% 33.9 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	676x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	119x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	166x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	42x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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