Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.8% 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 (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	May 07 '24 at 18:58
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	60%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 246 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 724 73% 591 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Palit(1569 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 78.9 Reflection 85.4 Parallax 74.3 64% 79.5 fps	MRender 75.6 Gravity 73.2 Splatting 65.1 58% 71.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 205 213 210 211 213 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 345 Write 257 Mixed 230 SusWrite 200 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 36.9 134% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 196 158% 224 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 128%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 58GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,800 Write 1456 Mixed 1,292 337% 1,516 MB/s	4K Read 55.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 72 232% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 958 DQ Write 603 DQ Mixed 853 616% 805 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 667GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 190 184 190 191 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 181 Mixed 87.8 SusWrite 180 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x16GB 368 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 25.6 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 32.9 SC Mixed 26.3 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 66.1 61% 66.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 88%

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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	39	9	60	27.5"	2560 1417	SAM0B80 U28D590

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	678x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	120x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	167x
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
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 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 $38Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $740

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16