Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 151% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 128% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	161% 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.

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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '20 at 06:31
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 264 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 739 76% 614 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$488 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Asus(1043 87B8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Lighting 243 Reflection 210 Parallax 202 198% 218 fps	MRender 203 Gravity 158 Splatting 139 133% 166 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7201Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 309 311 310 311 309 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 1,771 Write 1,336 Mixed 990 SusWrite 339 246% 1,109 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 73.5 258% 95.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1434 DQ Write 1,204 DQ Mixed 1,135 901% 1,258 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 236%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$108 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 444GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 464 468 472 468 471 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 459 Mixed 398 SusWrite 469 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 46.2 166% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 270% 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: 156 161 164 162 162 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 154 Mixed 89.9 SusWrite 161 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.8% 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 @ 3403 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 43.5 MC Mixed 32.8 111% 38.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 47.3 SC Mixed 32.5 98% 34.4 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 115%

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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	675x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	119x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	166x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	42x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16