Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% 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	111% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 months ago, 7 months ago, 1 month ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '23 at 02:52
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 482 62% 471 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$266 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3658) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 545.92 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 159 Parallax 110 106% 133 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 94.5 89% 111 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 365GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 399 322 335 326 325 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 446 Mixed 377 SusWrite 335 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 53.1 176% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 712GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 112 113 112 114 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 154 Write 138 Mixed 98.9 SusWrite 112 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 250GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 155 157 155 157 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 170 Mixed 104 SusWrite 156 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 6,789 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 43.2 MC Mixed 36.2 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 45.4 SC Mixed 31.6 88% 31 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 125%

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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	60	37	144	24"	1280 720	DELD0E1 S2419HGF

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	682x
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	121x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

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 $85Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $57Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $736

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16