Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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	98.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '21 at 15:05
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 135 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 657 65% 531 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$265 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.9% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 129 Parallax 128 100% 126 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 128 Splatting 115 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,540 Write 2333 Mixed 1626 482% 2,166 MB/s	4K Read 66.3 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 87.6 300% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1139 DQ Write 885 DQ Mixed 1,029 765% 1,018 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 126GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 488 486 410 221 201 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 482 Mixed 471 SusWrite 334 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 65.5 223% 81.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 224GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 150 145 141 140 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Read 133 Write 142 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 145 84% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 135% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 568GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 124 125 125 125 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 119 Write 66.7 Mixed 76.1 SusWrite 125 71% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 41.7 MC Mixed 33.5 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 45.5 SC Mixed 30.9 94% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	116x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	166x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	75x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
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 $57Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $820

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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