Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.1% 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	77.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	20 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '24 at 20:33
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	44%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 92.1 2-Core 165 70% 116 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 540 54% 439 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.7% 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 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.1% Very good	Lighting 96.1 Reflection 106 Parallax 96.9 78% 99.8 fps	MRender 93.7 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 94.3 78% 94.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 211 30 37 31 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 471 Write 174 Mixed 261 SusWrite 83.5 54% 248 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 60 4K Mixed 36.8 122% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 356 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 339GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 414 450 457 456 459 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 474 Mixed 408 SusWrite 427 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 65.6 4K Mixed 39.3 129% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 328 250% 337 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 121%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 410GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 414 450 456 456 459 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 463 Mixed 409 SusWrite 426 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 47.9 152% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 465GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 414 449 456 456 459 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 460 Mixed 390 SusWrite 426 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 47.5 152% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 325 248% 336 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23.1 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 22.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 94%

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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	48	12	60	37.5"	1280 720	DELA0F2 DELL U3818DW

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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	117x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $57Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $800

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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