Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	60.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '19 at 15:34
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 258 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 708 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 143 Parallax 137 105% 136 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 126 Splatting 105 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 159 150 113 95 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 295 Write 202 Mixed 183 SusWrite 131 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 28.4 115% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 122 92% 124 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 104%
Samsung SSD 500GB 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 36GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 368 324 316 313 299 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 450 Mixed 369 SusWrite 335 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 46.6 152% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 124 94% 126 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 135%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 75GB free Firmware: 3.AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 65 66 65 66 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 59.5 Write 37.5 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 65.5 37% 50.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 43%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 155GB free Firmware: 1AA01112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 58 58 58 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	39% Below average	Read 77 Write 54.5 Mixed 47.3 SusWrite 58.1 44% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 204% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 62%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 253GB free Firmware: 1AA01112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 76 80 79 79 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 71.8 Write 42.5 Mixed 55 SusWrite 79.2 46% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 62%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 1TB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 203% 390GB free, PID 61f3 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 38 39 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 40.8 Write 39 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 38.3 54% 39.4 MB/s	4K Read 9.7 4K Write 12.6 4K Mixed 10.7 828% 11 MB/s	DQ Read 11.7 DQ Write 15.5 DQ Mixed 13.2 1,020% 13.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 337%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB 504 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.3% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.7 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 24.5 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 128%

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

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Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

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 $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	165x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	75x

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 $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: $960

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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