Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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	112% 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

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1804 x 1014 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160302
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '21 at 23:56
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 below expectations (27^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 94.3 1-Core 135 2-Core 168 81% 132 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 488 52% 414 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 140 Parallax 143 104% 137 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 134 Splatting 117 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 144 127 127 116 115 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 429 Mixed 374 SusWrite 174 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 66 214% 78.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$94 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01M03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 163 177 179 164 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 167 Mixed 81 SusWrite 172 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 0.7 223% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 111%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 18.5 Mixed 0.2 7% 9.35 MB/s	4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 85%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 15,750 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 13GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.2 3 2.5 3.2 3.7 3.3 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	4.72% Terrible	Read 17.8 Write 4 Mixed 15.3 SusWrite 3 12% 10 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.7 46% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.72% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	86% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 27.5 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 33.5 SC Mixed 23.6 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 118%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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