Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	84.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	11.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '20 at 23:31
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 242 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 650 67% 538 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Nvidia(10DE 13A0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 162 Parallax 171 137% 167 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 147 Splatting 105 116% 147 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 211 137 128 131 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 344 Write 360 Mixed 312 SusWrite 179 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 46.5 154% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 244 186% 250 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 124%
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$33 12,447 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 26GB free Firmware: R1115D0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 638 84 93 69 69 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 1,542 Write 164 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 171 101% 476 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 15.3 4K Mixed 5 80% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 484 DQ Write 8.1 DQ Mixed 61.1 90% 184 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 228%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 132 131 136 134 134 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 137 Write 121 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 133 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 670GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 186 185 191 187 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 95.2 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 187 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 71 73 75 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 131 Write 133 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 72.5 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.4% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22.5 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 21.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	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 $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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Total price: $960

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $184	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