Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	19.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151023
Uptime	25.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '20 at 08:32
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 222 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 641 64% 518 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 90%

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: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 151 Parallax 141 117% 145 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 141 Splatting 110 99% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 470 Write 447 Mixed 316 91% 411 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 42.9 154% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 234 203% 303 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 28GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 120 124 124 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 114 Write 120 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 121 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 59GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 108 106 109 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 87.5 Write 66 Mixed 65 SusWrite 107 60% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 6GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 86 86 83 82 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 85.5 Write 84.5 Mixed 48 SusWrite 83.7 55% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 62%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 53GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 93 90 90 91 89 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 79.8 Write 90 Mixed 27.2 SusWrite 90 96% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Avexir DDR4-2666 CL15 8GB 4x8GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.1% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.7 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 23.4 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 137%

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Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA Builds (Compare 987 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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