Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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	119% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '19 at 09:03
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 142 2-Core 265 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 734 76% 609 Pts	64-Core 756 47% 756 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 154 Parallax 143 119% 148 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 142 Splatting 113 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 263 273 272 273 273 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 454 Mixed 352 SusWrite 290 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 60.9 213% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 230 209% 318 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 55GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 430 387 333 303 271 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 451 Mixed 386 SusWrite 368 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 70.8 239% 87.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 134%
Samsung 830 64GB 4,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 60GB free Firmware: CXM01B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 71 64 58 54 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 349 Write 123 Mixed 202 SusWrite 70.2 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 29.5 4K Mixed 13.6 63% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 29.4 DQ Mixed 45.3 52% 95.1 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 63%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 341GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 326 325 321 319 322 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 358 Write 375 Mixed 352 SusWrite 324 80% 352 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 63.2 206% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 248 186% 249 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 129%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 183 184 186 182 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 160 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 182 101% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 207GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 76 76 77 76 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 84 Write 47 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 76 48% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$78 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.3% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 20.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 20.6 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 107%

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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 $242Bench 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	59x
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 $78Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $969

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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