Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.7% 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	236% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	10.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '22 at 20:33
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 250 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 644 67% 536 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 113 Parallax 101 85% 106 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 103 Splatting 98.9 81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7201Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 181 154 162 168 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 1,986 Write 1,173 Mixed 766 SusWrite 207 227% 1,033 MB/s	4K Read 60.3 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 79.9 280% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,477 DQ Write 1,105 DQ Mixed 1,028 840% 1,204 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 236%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 159 165 165 161 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 184 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 162 99% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 138% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 108%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 187 186 192 184 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 197 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 186 109% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 138% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$98 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2884 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	97% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 30.7 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 31 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 113%

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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 $179	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