Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	35.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	117% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '18 at 13:39
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing way above expectations (96^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 785 83% 663 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Lighting 47 Reflection 44.8 Parallax 39.6 38% 43.8 fps	MRender 39.3 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 36.3 31% 38.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 512GB 576 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 430GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM01D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 475 480 476 476 477 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 450 Mixed 329 SusWrite 467 97% 429 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 47.9 176% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 173 176% 286 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 107%
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GB-$209 7,834 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 119GB free Firmware: LS2i SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 154 157 158 154 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 304 Write 210 Mixed 232 SusWrite 155 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 41.2 167% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 133 128% 203 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 82%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 447GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 482 483 477 477 477 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 4 Write 4 Mixed 4 SusWrite 470 28% 121 MB/s	4K Read 73.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 44.3 225% 75.1 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 195 190% 300 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 101%
Crucial BX100 120GB-$70 6,931 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 110GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 185 186 186 186 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 474 Write 186 Mixed 236 SusWrite 183 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 40.6 153% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 174 144% 208 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 28.9 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 44.5 SC Mixed 32.8 95% 33.2 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

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

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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	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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $57Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $969

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 $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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16