Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.9% 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

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151023
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '19 at 11:44
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$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)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 147 2-Core 294 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 818 83% 670 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 328B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2402 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Lighting 84.2 Reflection 85.4 Parallax 83 69% 84.2 fps	MRender 86.4 Gravity 76.4 Splatting 77.9 65% 80.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 240GB-$70 47,016 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: V8X01c45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 256 254 77 91 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 282 Write 328 Mixed 282 SusWrite 173 60% 266 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 29.7 105% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 167 127% 169 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 99%
Toshiba MK5061GSYN 500GB-$75 5,635 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 301GB free Firmware: MH000C SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 90 91 91 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 79.4 Write 84.2 Mixed 29.6 SusWrite 90.3 52% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 56%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 LENOVO 500GB 732 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 465GB free Firmware: MS1OA7R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 191 175 189 192 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 183 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 187 108% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 127% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 280GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 127 126 128 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 131 Write 117 Mixed 80.1 SusWrite 127 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 205% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.1% 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 @ 2197 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	44.4% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 12.4 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 13.4 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 43%

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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 $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 $45Bench 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% - Good

Total price: $955

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 $45	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