Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '18 at 11:52
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 102 2-Core 206 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 412 55% 412 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% MSI(1462 3102) CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Lighting 20.5 Reflection 16 Parallax 16.4 17% 17.6 fps	MRender 26 Gravity 23.1 Splatting 17.7 18% 22.3 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,921 Write 1,179 Mixed 467 260% 1,189 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 207 4K Mixed 60.6 256% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 1,122 DQ Mixed 257 336% 577 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung SSD 120GB 432 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4GB free Firmware: MAT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 496 Write 467 Mixed 341 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 59.1 212% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 204 169% 238 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 115%
KINGSTON 64GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 46GB free Firmware: S5FA SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 110 138 147 156 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 240 Write 200 Mixed 148 SusWrite 135 40% 181 MB/s	4K Read 9.6 4K Write 52.1 4K Mixed 6.2 50% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 58.8 DQ Write 52.1 DQ Mixed 7.3 19% 39.4 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 35%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 16GB free Firmware: CV22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 161 146 140 113 85 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 173 Write 162 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 126 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C17 4x4GB 562 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3007 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 42 MC Mixed 34 108% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 27.3 80% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 122%

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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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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $955

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