Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	31.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	May 17 '22 at 23:12
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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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 i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 145 2-Core 286 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 797 78% 638 Pts	64-Core 757 47% 757 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37C1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	109% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 129 Parallax 142 108% 135 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 129 Splatting 125 118% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.6.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 33 35 27 24 20 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.8% Below average	Read 118 Write 128 Mixed 136 SusWrite 32.7 23% 104 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 15.4 67% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 97.4 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 123 89% 113 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 90%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 105GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 651 327 328 326 324 325 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 2,022 Write 1,514 Mixed 626 SusWrite 380 251% 1,135 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 56.6 227% 88.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,052 DQ Write 1,254 DQ Mixed 879 738% 1,062 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 236%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 469GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 478 260 245 248 244 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 433 Write 476 Mixed 387 SusWrite 326 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 42.3 161% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 322 246% 334 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 99%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 879GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 82 83 80 84 83 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	35% Below average	Read 96.1 Write 87.3 Mixed 65.4 SusWrite 82.5 110% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.2 42% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.7% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.9 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 14.4 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 104%

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Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	116x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $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 $57Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $960

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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