Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '21 at 21:32
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 (89^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 582 66% 515 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3307) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 98.7 Reflection 111 Parallax 99.8 80% 103 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 100 81% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 756GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 357 362 364 370 367 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 314 Write 349 Mixed 271 SusWrite 362 73% 324 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 36.3 114% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 191 152% 212 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 134 133 130 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 137 Write 94.7 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 132 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 237GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 168 167 169 170 171 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 139 Mixed 77 SusWrite 169 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 114%
WD WD40EZRZ-00GXCB0 4TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 448GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 77 75 76 77 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	67% Good	Read 157 Write 137 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 76.3 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 2x16GB 6,222 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	MC Read 34 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 28.7 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 24.1 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 102%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	4	2	60	34.1"	1280 720	GSM76E4 LG ULTRAWIDE

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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 $273	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 $15	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