Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	302% 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	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 (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160302
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '19 at 16:33
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 148 2-Core 278 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 776 80% 646 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 308GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1862 670 736 720 742 787 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 2,232 Write 2,090 Mixed 1,548 SusWrite 920 380% 1,697 MB/s	4K Read 64.7 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 92.4 307% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,514 DQ Write 1,251 DQ Mixed 1,310 1,001% 1,358 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 355%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 382GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 379 374 370 371 366 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 357 Write 372 Mixed 322 SusWrite 371 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 42.5 156% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 249 184% 242 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 129%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 186 189 193 192 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 151 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 189 105% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 96%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB 10,285 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 196 201 193 200 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 165 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 196 105% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

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 @ 3112 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 31.6 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 31.9 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 132%

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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	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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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