Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	64.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151023
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '19 at 10:50
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 148 2-Core 294 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 821 82% 666 Pts	64-Core 807 50% 807 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 240GB-$70 47,016 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: V8X01c45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 277 238 66 106 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 318 Write 325 Mixed 287 SusWrite 168 62% 274 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 69.5 4K Mixed 31.2 110% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 173 128% 164 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 99%
Toshiba MK5061GSYN 500GB-$75 5,635 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 301GB free Firmware: MH000C SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 90 89 91 91 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 72 Write 88 Mixed 28.7 SusWrite 89.7 51% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 56%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 LENOVO 500GB 732 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 465GB free Firmware: MS1OA7R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 191 189 190 191 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 180 Mixed 37.1 SusWrite 187 104% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 132% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 280GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 128 128 127 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 131 Write 117 Mixed 80.6 SusWrite 127 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF 1x8GB 16,202 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2575 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	49.7% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 13.8 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 15.5 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 43%

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

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	673x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	116x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	166x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	75x

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 $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 $57Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $950

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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