Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 149% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 128% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	165% 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	322% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '20 at 22:45
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 (97^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 717 72% 586 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,306 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Nvidia(10DE 147D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	165% Outstanding	Lighting 222 Reflection 283 Parallax 357 181% 287 fps	MRender 324 Gravity 242 Splatting 138 181% 235 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$92 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 345GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1588 1435 1398 1389 1133 848 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	322% Outstanding	Read 2,418 Write 2,259 Mixed 1,664 SusWrite 1,299 428% 1,910 MB/s	4K Read 64.6 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 89.5 299% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,308 DQ Write 1,076 DQ Mixed 1,170 882% 1,185 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 322% Great: 410%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 248GB 1,306 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 226GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 294 294 295 294 294 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 462 Mixed 360 SusWrite 314 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 61.6 208% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 248GB 1,306 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 185GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 272 272 272 271 282 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 289 Mixed 326 SusWrite 294 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 54 189% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 228 207% 316 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 3,365 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 31.1 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 42.3 SC Mixed 30.6 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 109%

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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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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 $241Bench 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	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 $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 $57Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $969

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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