Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 65.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	96.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	22.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '21 at 14:35
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	85%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^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 below expectations (4^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Memory 71.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 179 68% 118 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 569 54% 446 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 C732) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.3% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 103 Parallax 116 94% 112 fps	MRender 165 Gravity 116 Splatting 97.4 100% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 256GB 15,205 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: V1.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 202 209 197 194 213 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 1,152 Write 164 Mixed 280 SusWrite 211 98% 452 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 25.1 117% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 50.8 84% 165 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 230%
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 150GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 36 34 30 30 28 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 58% Great: 101%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 977GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 108 102 93 88 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 84.5 Write 98.9 Mixed 53.3 SusWrite 98.3 61% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 641GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 180 181 174 174 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 161 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 173 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%
VendorCo ProductCode 34GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 28GB free, PID 1234 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.6 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.6 3.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	0.89% Terrible	Read 2.7 Write 0.2 Mixed 3 SusWrite 2.3 3% 2.05 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 0.89% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x16GB 3,147 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 19.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.2 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 98 41% 98 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 79%

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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 $230Bench 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 $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 $300	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 $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