Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	116% 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	81.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 01 '18 at 22:20
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 153 2-Core 301 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 834 86% 695 Pts	64-Core 835 52% 835 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 151 Parallax 138 128% 148 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 149 Splatting 116 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 250GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9972 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 9860 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 50 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 68 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11926001663	92.1% Outstanding	Read 384 Write 336 Mixed 327 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 35.3 153% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 118 118% 192 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 139GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 2,089 Write 1,098 Mixed 1,141 317% 1,443 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 41.5 214% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 59.2 DQ Write 418 DQ Mixed 26.3 83% 168 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7005 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 607 (B1) Unknown 98 98 39 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 48 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 95 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19516215052	81.9% Excellent	Read 383 Write 336 Mixed 327 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 25 139% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 47.8 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 48.3 57% 94.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 27 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 30.7 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 104%

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

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	682x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 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 $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 $39Bench 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

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Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369