Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	40.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	113% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '21 at 09:09
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 508 67% 503 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
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 7.4 Reflection 8.8 Parallax 8.7 6% 8.3 fps	Splatting 0.1 0% 0.1 fps
Poor: 3% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.5% Average	Lighting 51.6 Reflection 83.7 Parallax 38.4 42% 57.9 fps	MRender 66.1 Gravity 27.9 Splatting 45.4 38% 46.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 330 262 217 232 244 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 431 Mixed 413 SusWrite 290 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 58.9 196% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Kingston SM2280S3G2240G 240GB 3,414 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 152GB free Firmware: SAFM01.W SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 321 298 287 321 321 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 325 Mixed 303 SusWrite 308 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 39.2 145% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 155 152% 240 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 97%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 221GB free Firmware: SAFM02.H SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 470 472 333 463 470 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 437 Mixed 344 SusWrite 444 95% 420 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 41 148% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 181 184% 297 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 111%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 930GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 118 123 123 123 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 116 Write 123 Mixed 56.6 SusWrite 121 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	89% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 29.4 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 34.9 SC Mixed 26.6 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 111%

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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 $184	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) $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