Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% 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	31.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 09 '19 at 19:05
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 116 2-Core 246 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 678 68% 555 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 184 Parallax 165 129% 169 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 168 Splatting 121 111% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$51 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF300000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 67 58 94 65 88 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.7% Below average	Read 164 Write 65.7 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 77.7 17% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 12.2 4K Mixed 16.9 55% 15.6 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 28.9 DQ Mixed 27 31% 55.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 55%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 59GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 141 139 145 135 143 MB/s Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	70.6% Very good	Read 265 Write 218 Mixed 230 SusWrite 140 48% 213 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 41 141% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 136 110% 157 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 87%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 324GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 95 97 97 97 97 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 104 Write 94.5 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 96.6 68% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 724GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 190 191 193 194 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 97.7 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 192 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 4x4GB 144 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.1% Very good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 22.3 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 138%

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

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Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA Builds (Compare 990 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $90Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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