Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.1% 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	111% 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560x1440x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '21 at 00:39
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 670 69% 555 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8664) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.1% Average	Lighting 60.8 Reflection 66.9 Parallax 60.1 50% 62.6 fps	MRender 67.8 Gravity 60.4 Splatting 52.1 48% 60.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 891GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 410 414 400 407 411 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 889 Write 418 Mixed 351 SusWrite 417 115% 519 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 27.6 112% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 385 DQ Mixed 210 196% 301 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 445%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 6GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 79.6 Write 138 Mixed 102 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 64GB 2,475 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 32GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 61 28 30 30 23 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 123 Write 59.5 Mixed 70.6 SusWrite 38.5 88% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 2.7 196% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D30AESEK.M8FE 2x8GB 7,360 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.8% Very good	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 23.2 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 22.3 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 107%

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

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	673x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $160Bench 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: 65% - Good

Total price: $1,020

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