Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	363% 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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '21 at 19:27
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 78 1-Core 153 2-Core 303 95% 178 Pts	4-Core 606 8-Core 598 81% 602 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 7.7 Reflection 7.3 Parallax 9 6% 8 fps	Gravity 10.2 Splatting 0.2 4% 5.2 fps
Poor: 3% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 885GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1949 1778 1298 1178 1182 1183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	363% Outstanding	Read 2,529 Write 2,276 Mixed 1,587 SusWrite 1,428 438% 1,955 MB/s	4K Read 65.6 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 90.6 304% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,960 DQ Write 1,669 DQ Mixed 1,761 1,334% 1,796 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 363% Great: 372%
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 8TB 824 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 5.5TB free Firmware: SN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 217 220 222 222 222 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 68% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 4x8GB 3,364 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.5% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 20.4 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 19.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 84.4 47% 84.4 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 96%

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Gaming 86%

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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 $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	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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $974

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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