Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	136% 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.
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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 17 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '22 at 01:36
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 226 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 628 60% 494 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% EVGA(3842 3767) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	136% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 179 Parallax 168 159% 181 fps	MRender 170 Gravity 139 Splatting 125 116% 145 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 2TB 4,674 User benchmarks, average bench 222% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM13.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,341 Write 1,938 Mixed 1,571 364% 1,617 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 57.5 182% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 997 DQ Write 664 DQ Mixed 866 636% 842 MB/s
Poor: 127% Great: 309%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 843GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 155 159 156 158 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 154 Write 147 Mixed 104 SusWrite 157 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x16GB-$65 2,716 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	71.2% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.6 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 20 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 81%

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

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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	674x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	118x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	166x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	76x

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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16