Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	197% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '20 at 19:59
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 132 2-Core 242 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 692 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A4) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Lighting 75.2 Reflection 75.7 Parallax 73.7 61% 74.9 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 69.6 Splatting 70.5 58% 70.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 256GB 12,312 User benchmarks, average bench 215% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: SS0328D SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 246 202 187 194 190 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,902 Write 572 Mixed 265 SusWrite 232 160% 743 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 80.6 256% 92.3 MB/s	DQ Read 824 DQ Write 374 DQ Mixed 76.9 196% 425 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 277%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 355GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 55GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 163 122 56 56 56 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 439 Mixed 414 SusWrite 147 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 51.3 176% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 239 199% 284 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 377GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 128 129 127 127 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 183 Write 179 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 127 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 113%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 706GB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 114 118 118 117 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 115 Write 114 Mixed 82.8 SusWrite 116 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 34.1 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 31.7 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 119%

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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 $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 $134	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