Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.1% 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	30.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '23 at 22:52
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (24^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 207 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 616 60% 493 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$253 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 3976) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 536.40 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.1% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 113 Parallax 124 102% 121 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 103 Splatting 88.1 87% 110 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2G0A-00JH30 1TB 17,953 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 635GB free (System drive) Firmware: UH510000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 59 1.7 30 32 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	30.5% Below average	Read 298 Write 202 Mixed 279 SusWrite 42.3 46% 205 MB/s	4K Read 9.8 4K Write 27.7 4K Mixed 10 42% 15.8 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 39.4 DQ Mixed 29 32% 57 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 106%
Samsung 980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB 10,731 User benchmarks, average bench 376% 877GB free Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1675 1714 1758 1767 2003 2010 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 1,826 Write 1,672 Mixed 1,683 SusWrite 1,821 395% 1,750 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 46.1 168% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 760 DQ Write 612 DQ Mixed 749 543% 707 MB/s
Poor: 236% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 477%
Md4000gsa6472dvr 0 4TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJAONS04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 117 116 117 118 120 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	76% Very good	Read 147 Write 148 Mixed 72.6 SusWrite 117 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 35,395 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 25.3 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 24.1 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	682x
Core i7-7700KIntel $234Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	121x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	76x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	169x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	143x
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
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $330Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	33x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $57Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $745

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	WD Black SN850X M.2 4TB $293