Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	163% 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	205% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	55.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '20 at 02:04
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 as expected (57^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 258 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 713 68% 562 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.5% 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 2487) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	163% Outstanding	Lighting 241 Reflection 199 Parallax 238 197% 226 fps	MRender 226 Gravity 198 Splatting 123 143% 182 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 667 582 565 553 550 537 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 1,924 Write 752 Mixed 706 SusWrite 576 218% 990 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 54.6 200% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,113 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 446 399% 626 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 283%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 879GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 459 452 480 480 478 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 481 Mixed 442 SusWrite 462 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 65.7 223% 80.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 91 90 93 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 98 Write 98.5 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 91.7 64% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 972GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 118 120 120 120 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 97 Write 100 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 119 70% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 131% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 75%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 8GB 6,342 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 7GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 13 12 13 13 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 24.8 Write 6.8 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 12.7 15% 13 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2.7 176% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C15 4x16GB 161 User benchmarks, average bench 124% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.3% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.5 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 24.5 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 188%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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