Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	30.5% 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	78.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '17 at 10:22
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 149 2-Core 275 97% 173 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 831 84% 679 Pts	64-Core 835 52% 835 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 1950) 2GB CLim: 1543 MHz, MLim: 1742 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Lighting 38.2 Reflection 36.2 Parallax 32.7 31% 35.7 fps	MRender 38.4 Gravity 34.3 Splatting 34.8 29% 35.8 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1144 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 240 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 47 (A3) Unknown 100 100 658 (94) Unknown 100 100 150047 (95) Unknown 100 100 2134 (96) Unknown 100 100 1963 (97) Unknown 100 100 2113 (A4) Unknown 100 100 46889 (A5) Unknown 100 100 107 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 36 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 27630063648792 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 543286 (F2) Unknown 100 100 483917 (F5) Unknown 100 100 553876 (F6) Unknown 100 100 600188 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	78.5% Very good	Read 498 Write 251 Mixed 266 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 57.3 4K Mixed 24.6 110% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 44.2 84% 170 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 95%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 135GB 171 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 47GB free, PID 00ad Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 106 Write 15.8 Mixed 73.8 71% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.71 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.9 90% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 4x4GB 1,898 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 27.4 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 28.5 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 80%

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

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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	674x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	118x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	166x
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
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16