Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	40.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '20 at 13:57
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 229 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 737 71% 584 Pts	64-Core 733 45% 733 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.7% Average	Lighting 46 Reflection 53.1 Parallax 43.1 38% 47.4 fps	MRender 65.7 Gravity 46 Splatting 60 47% 57.2 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,580 Write 2,354 Mixed 1,502 476% 2,145 MB/s	4K Read 70.6 4K Write 193 4K Mixed 97.3 334% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 1,380 DQ Write 1,215 DQ Mixed 1,267 958% 1,287 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 270GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 489 489 487 488 489 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 488 Mixed 442 SusWrite 489 109% 483 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 49.3 181% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 585GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 130 131 133 133 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 140 Write 126 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 132 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 109%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 688GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 92 96 96 98 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 144 Write 151 Mixed 24.6 SusWrite 95.8 75% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 154% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 108%
Samsung Flash Drive 128GB 4,330 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 98GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 23 22 23 24 24 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 42.6 Write 34.1 Mixed 35 SusWrite 23.8 44% 33.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 8.7 4K Mixed 4.5 476% 6.87 MB/s	DQ Read 9.4 DQ Write 7.1 DQ Mixed 6.3 491% 7.6 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 33.5 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 44.3 SC Mixed 31.6 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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