Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	47.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '19 at 15:11
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (41^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-$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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 240 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 641 67% 535 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 190 Parallax 168 140% 176 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 178 Splatting 125 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 79 69 125 158 156 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 337 Write 42.2 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 115 32% 147 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 29 4K Mixed 16.9 66% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 38.4 DQ Mixed 57.9 68% 124 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 76%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 121GB free Firmware: 0C3G37R5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 155 115 87 128 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 318 Write 324 Mixed 274 SusWrite 141 59% 264 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 55.8 4K Mixed 29.1 96% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 112 96% 140 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 88%
WD WD1500ADFD-00NLR1 150GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 79GB free Firmware: 21.07QR5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 66 67 67 66 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 80.7 Write 86.2 Mixed 42.3 SusWrite 67 51% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 193% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 784GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 45 45 43 43 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 12.7 Write 50.3 Mixed 15.5 SusWrite 44.9 22% 30.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.2 114% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 114%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 866GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 75 78 78 80 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 41.8 Write 41.5 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 76.1 34% 46.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 72% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 55%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 160 156 159 158 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 145 Mixed 41.7 SusWrite 158 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 27.6 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 24.1 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 97%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	116x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	165x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	75x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	59x
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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $78Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $969

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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