Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


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 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '20 at 23:31
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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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 i7-7700K-$250 712,312 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 (86^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 262 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 768 76% 618 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6288) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 159 Parallax 139 121% 149 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 148 Splatting 118 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 9,880 User benchmarks, average bench 307% 1TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 896 885 841 797 792 787 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 943 Write 879 Mixed 669 SusWrite 833 187% 831 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 64.1 4K Mixed 38.1 145% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 651 DQ Write 652 DQ Mixed 519 426% 607 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 541%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: MJAOA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 72 61 61 65 52 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 9.7 Write 7.7 Mixed 3.5 SusWrite 58.7 14% 19.9 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 11% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 92%
Generic Mass-Storage 8GB 1,181 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 11 12 12 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	5.79% Terrible	Read 15 Write 11.5 Mixed 12.8 SusWrite 11.4 17% 12.7 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.79% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C15 2x8GB 6,416 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.4% Good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 20.2 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 19.7 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 134%

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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 $250Bench 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 $275	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