Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18.9% 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)
Boot Drive	254% 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 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '18 at 08:56
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 218 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 411 54% 403 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82% 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: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Lighting 23.9 Reflection 18 Parallax 21.3 20% 21 fps	MRender 26.4 Gravity 23.3 Splatting 17.8 18% 22.5 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
KINGSTON 120GB 834 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 59GB free Firmware: 603A Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 454 Write 119 Mixed 123 50% 232 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 8.61 100% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 79.6 DQ Write 98.7 DQ Mixed 17.2 33% 65.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 85%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 2,668 Write 1,246 Mixed 1,384 388% 1,766 MB/s	4K Read 59.6 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 27.1 203% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 398 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 125 136% 233 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 236%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 23GB free Firmware: CV22 Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 122 Write 98.4 Mixed 91.3 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.16 67% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 113%
SYMWAVE WDC WD5000LPCX-2 500GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 39GB free, PID 18ae Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 71.2 Write 104 Mixed 77.7 113% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.18 74% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 39%
UDISK PDI01_16G C2I3.0 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 3GB free, PID 0916 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 41.8 Write 12.4 Mixed 20 27% 24.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.63 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.33 44% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 14%

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 (48^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 41.8 MC Mixed 36.1 111% 38.8 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 39.8 SC Mixed 26.7 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 122%

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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	117x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16