Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '20 at 19:45
Run Duration	262 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 260 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 650 70% 555 Pts	64-Core 763 47% 763 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2597 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 162 Parallax 150 131% 158 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 151 Splatting 119 106% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 28GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 501 Write 476 Mixed 382 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 49.9 182% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 348 265% 359 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,844 Write 1,740 Mixed 736 319% 1,440 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 45.8 210% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,375 DQ Write 536 DQ Mixed 1,058 756% 989 MB/s
Poor: 157% Great: 302%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 12GB free Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 186 60 84 83 46 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 478 Write 191 Mixed 230 SusWrite 108 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 18.7 125% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 58.3 91% 175 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 136GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 131 130 131 131 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 104 Write 65.3 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 129 66% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 113%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 73GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 91 91 78 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 85.2 Write 83.5 Mixed 91.1 SusWrite 86.1 64% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 76%
Samsung Flash Drive 32GB 12,134 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 28GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 25 26 26 24 26 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 157 Write 31.7 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 26.3 78% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 17.9 4K Mixed 11.3 1,041% 14.1 MB/s	DQ Read 17.1 DQ Write 19.1 DQ Mixed 11.4 1,101% 15.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 3,531 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 33.1 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 43.9 SC Mixed 31.2 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 129%

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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 $160Bench 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: 65% - Good

Total price: $1,020

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $46

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