Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 134% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	158% 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	230% 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	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.

High background CPU (25%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '20 at 08:29
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 130 2-Core 256 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 750 72% 593 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Asus(1043 87B8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Lighting 240 Reflection 182 Parallax 215 196% 213 fps	MRender 192 Gravity 153 Splatting 127 126% 158 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7201Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 272 288 287 286 286 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 1,719 Write 1,303 Mixed 830 SusWrite 314 231% 1,042 MB/s	4K Read 52.5 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 79.6 270% 99.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,400 DQ Write 1205 DQ Mixed 1,037 850% 1,214 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 236%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$98 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 391GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 358 480 462 462 453 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 447 Mixed 398 SusWrite 438 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 48.4 171% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 121%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 2TB-$58 5,099 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 86 87 87 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 165 Write 150 Mixed 95.4 SusWrite 85.1 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 214% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23.7 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 115%

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

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	678x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	120x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	167x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	42x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $44Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $784

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16