Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	24.2% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '23 at 21:46
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing below expectations (25^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 200 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 525 55% 440 Pts	64-Core 532 33% 532 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 3976) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 536.40 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.7% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 113 Parallax 122 107% 122 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 85.8 86% 108 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2G0A-00JH30 1TB 17,953 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 451GB free (System drive) Firmware: UH510000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 70 36 41 76 67 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	24.2% Poor	Read 88.3 Write 184 Mixed 223 SusWrite 52.5 31% 137 MB/s	4K Read 8.6 4K Write 27.8 4K Mixed 12.5 44% 16.3 MB/s	DQ Read 98.1 DQ Write 76.2 DQ Mixed 0.7 24% 58.3 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 106%
Samsung 980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB 10,731 User benchmarks, average bench 376% 877GB free Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1692 1496 1691 1698 1617 1697 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 2,013 Write 2,028 Mixed 1,875 SusWrite 1,648 426% 1,891 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 59.7 190% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 628 DQ Mixed 555 456% 654 MB/s
Poor: 236% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 477%
Md4000gsa6472dvr 0 4TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJAONS04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 118 116 116 114 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 44.3 Write 111 Mixed 41.9 SusWrite 115 57% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.4 96% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 35,395 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 26.1 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 24.1 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 112%

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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	676x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	119x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	166x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 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
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $749

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16