Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	182% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '20 at 21:41
Run Duration	282 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 201 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 466 53% 414 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2049 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 46.3 Reflection 49.6 Parallax 40.8 38% 45.6 fps	Gravity 45.5 Splatting 45.9 41% 45.7 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 572 539 533 511 523 515 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 1607 Write 787 Mixed 529 SusWrite 532 190% 864 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 47.4 182% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,063 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 378 354% 573 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 243%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 52GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 196 178 194 303 279 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 384 Write 204 Mixed 198 SusWrite 226 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 45.3 4K Mixed 20 77% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 57 DQ Mixed 75.1 81% 142 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 76%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 90GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 381 388 400 393 396 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 434 Write 384 Mixed 296 SusWrite 390 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 35.3 125% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 175 178% 289 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 116%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 322GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1829 1013 787 796 807 812 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 1,956 Write 1,762 Mixed 1447 SusWrite 1,007 346% 1,543 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 69.5 230% 81.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,281 DQ Write 895 DQ Mixed 1,068 803% 1,082 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 355%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 29GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 54 54 54 54 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 87.3 Write 88.5 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 53.9 54% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 93 93 82 92 93 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 152 Write 148 Mixed 66 SusWrite 90.4 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 409% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 90%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 98GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 65 64 62 66 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 86.5 Write 70.3 Mixed 59.3 SusWrite 64.2 52% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 76%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 82GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 99 97 99 98 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 154 Write 138 Mixed 90.8 SusWrite 98.1 89% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 5,058 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	65.7% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 21.4 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 16.4 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 104%

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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	116x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $57Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $960

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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