Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.7% 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	63.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	18.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '21 at 19:45
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing below expectations (31^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 as expected (49^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 84 1-Core 133 2-Core 230 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 653 66% 536 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Asus(1043 04ED) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	51.7% Above average	Lighting 67.2 Reflection 75.3 Parallax 93.9 55% 78.8 fps	MRender 66 Gravity 61 Splatting 45.7 46% 57.6 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Striker 960GB-$336 32 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 440GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 129 305 147 298 273 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 307 Write 280 Mixed 250 SusWrite 238 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 27.6 95% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 142 112% 159 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 112%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 851GB free Firmware: P1003B SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 345 348 356 345 353 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 406 Write 361 Mixed 266 SusWrite 346 78% 345 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 21.5 69% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 54.4 DQ Mixed 122 95% 137 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 105%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 682GB free Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 363 362 373 365 367 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 449 Write 343 Mixed 289 SusWrite 362 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 40.1 4K Mixed 29.1 95% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 53.2 DQ Mixed 114 97% 149 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 105%
Samsung Flash Drive 32GB 12,134 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 29GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 24 26 24 26 26 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 105 Write 31.2 Mixed 67.4 SusWrite 25.6 67% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 6 415% 7.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 86%
Samsung Flash Drive 32GB 12,134 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 30GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 17 17 17 15 16 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	27.4% Poor	Read 41.4 Write 5 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 16.8 30% 24.8 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 5.1 376% 5.47 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3400 C16 4x8GB 430 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.7% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 20.7 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 21.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 132%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 18: 3R 0G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
18%	9%	66	178	16	60	23.8"	1920 1080	DELF109 DELL SE2419HX

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Gaming 86%

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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 $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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Total price: $960

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $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