Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	58.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.6% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '21 at 15:55
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	MLT-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 253 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 345 49% 358 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.10 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 77.2 Parallax 98.7 64% 84.6 fps	MRender 67.8 Gravity 69.2 Splatting 47 49% 61.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 271 268 259 267 321 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 373 Write 212 Mixed 202 SusWrite 275 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 61.3 4K Mixed 29 104% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 253 198% 276 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 134%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 893GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2310 2161 1111 1185 1196 1194 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	329% Outstanding	Read 2,234 Write 1,989 Mixed 1,467 SusWrite 1,526 405% 1804 MB/s	4K Read 60.5 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 83.7 277% 97.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,593 DQ Write 1,110 DQ Mixed 1,064 872% 1,256 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 329% Great: 372%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 996GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 203 202 201 204 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 164 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 202 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%
WD WD20EFAX-68FB5N0 2TB 495 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 181 184 182 185 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 198 Mixed 113 SusWrite 183 126% 171 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 7.8 4K Mixed 0.7 343% 3.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 101%
SMI USB DISK 4GB 1,509 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.9 11 10 0.2 4 9.9 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	5.1% Terrible	Read 17.2 Write 6.7 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 7.4 10% 8.88 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.1% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.6 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 21.1 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 104%

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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 $250Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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