Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	142% 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	309% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	59 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	6060 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '19 at 01:30
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 715 74% 594 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2383) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	142% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 239 Parallax 236 149% 219 fps	MRender 263 Gravity 214 Splatting 140 161% 206 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1774 1352 337 530 1577 1639 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	309% Outstanding	Read 2,350 Write 1,857 Mixed 900 SusWrite 1,202 351% 1,577 MB/s	4K Read 52.7 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 80.3 282% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,313 DQ Write 1,152 DQ Mixed 1,126 873% 1,197 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 309% Great: 353%
Samsung SSD 256GB 675 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 182GB free Firmware: EXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 67 69 68 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 509 Write 69.3 Mixed 122 SusWrite 67.6 41% 192 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 2.8 63% 14.3 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 127%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 98 97 99 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 106 Write 86.3 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 98.7 108% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C14 4x16GB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.8% Good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 20.1 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 18.2 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 126%

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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 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	117x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16