Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	251% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '18 at 05:34
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 814 82% 666 Pts	64-Core 821 51% 821 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 148 Parallax 126 112% 137 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 131 Splatting 109 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$330 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 230GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 856 849 811 812 807 806 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,130 Write 1,241 Mixed 784 SusWrite 824 275% 1,244 MB/s	4K Read 52.8 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 67.9 258% 97.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,268 DQ Write 383 DQ Mixed 462 436% 704 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 283%
Asmt109x- Fast 2TB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 367GB free Firmware: 2143 5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 263 489 276 278 395 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 70.2 Mixed 450 SusWrite 361 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 63.9 215% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 53.2 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 85.1 85% 130 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 116%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 6TB 1,602 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 19 20 19 18 18 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 249 Write 21 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 19.7 56% 78 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.2 126% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 123%
Verbatim STORE N GO 32GB 124 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 29GB free, PID 0250 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 118 Write 97.6 Mixed 60.6 111% 92 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.8 123% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 8% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 6,789 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 34.6 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 45.8 SC Mixed 34.2 94% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 125%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	685x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	121x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	76x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	169x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	144x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	42x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $330Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	33x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

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