Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	175% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	20.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '23 at 20:35
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (52^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 234 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 705 71% 574 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3286) 3GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 531.79 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (66 fps cap detected)	52.8% Above average	Lighting 64.9 Reflection 66.7 Parallax 60.7 53% 64.1 fps	MRender 65.9 Gravity 66.9 Splatting 61.5 53% 64.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 333 316 329 318 314 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 1,795 Write 681 Mixed 567 SusWrite 327 184% 842 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 46.6 180% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,041 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 365 339% 547 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 243%
PNY CS2211 480GB-$70 2,197 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 10GB free Firmware: CS221016 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 133 70 75 76 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 436 Write 153 Mixed 101 SusWrite 86 42% 194 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 33.7 107% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 31.8 DQ Mixed 110 102% 168 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 113%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 465GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 438 453 465 463 466 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 467 Mixed 390 SusWrite 452 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 84 4K Mixed 51.6 171% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
Hitachi HUH728080ALN601 8TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 3TB free Firmware: A4GNV544 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 150 148 151 145 146 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	83.2% Excellent	Read 144 Write 136 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 146 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 114%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 193 199 202 202 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 137 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 198 99% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.8 342% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3000 C16 Series 4x8GB 608 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.5% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 22.4 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 22.8 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 124%

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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: 0P 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	54	24	60	23.5"	1280 720	ACI249A ASUS VS247

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	116x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $90Bench 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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Total price: $955

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $178	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