Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 144% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	141% 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	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '19 at 01:28
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$190 195,006 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 97 1-Core 156 2-Core 312 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 620 8-Core 623 83% 622 Pts	64-Core 621 38% 621 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: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Lighting 200 Reflection 210 Parallax 192 163% 201 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 199 Splatting 137 127% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 141% 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% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,729 Write 1,757 Mixed 949 398% 1,811 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 210 4K Mixed 78.9 293% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,311 DQ Write 1270 DQ Mixed 1,104 880% 1,228 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: 458 484 487 495 495 496 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 495 Mixed 393 SusWrite 486 107% 474 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 52.9 201% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 347 265% 358 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 124%
Toshiba HG6 256GB 4,588 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 47GB free Firmware: JURA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 150 109 118 104 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 418 Write 134 Mixed 249 SusWrite 118 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 26.3 85% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 160 132% 196 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 60.1% 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 (94^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 36.5 114% 39.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 45.8 SC Mixed 33.1 98% 34.2 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 112% 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	674x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16