Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	58.8% 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	110% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '19 at 14:36
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 777 81% 650 Pts	64-Core 752 47% 752 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.10.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Lighting 73.6 Reflection 74.7 Parallax 102 60% 83.5 fps	MRender 75 Gravity 74 Splatting 61.6 57% 70.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS512G39MND-3510A 512GB 3,982 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 360GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20400P00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 467 414 471 419 467 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 438 Mixed 354 SusWrite 437 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 42.7 158% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 243 210% 309 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 100%
Gigabyte SSD 240GB-$30 20,238 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 157GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 390 196 105 106 64 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 452 Write 314 Mixed 322 SusWrite 144 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 41.9 172% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 129 130% 205 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 195 194 194 195 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 156 Mixed 87 SusWrite 193 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 113GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 114 113 114 112 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 170 Write 122 Mixed 81 SusWrite 112 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 87,241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.2% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 15.6 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 102%

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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 $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