Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.1% 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	158% 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 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	10.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '19 at 22:38
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 135 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 740 79% 631 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.1% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 115 Parallax 110 83% 109 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 95.8 Splatting 104 80% 96.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$60 162,275 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 56 57 71 59 54 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 1,266 Write 926 Mixed 820 SusWrite 124 174% 784 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 63.2 239% 94.7 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 854 DQ Mixed 220 275% 469 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 209%
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 7GB free Firmware: CS13 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 349 Write 366 Mixed 306 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 32.7 109% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 156 138% 207 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 101%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 3TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 155 155 156 157 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 143 Write 150 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 156 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 89%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 37GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 34 33 32 32 32 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	27% Poor	Read 91 Write 56.7 Mixed 38.7 SusWrite 34.3 67% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 8.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 2.2 154% 4.03 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$154 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 28.8 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 28.8 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 113%

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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	673x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	116x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	165x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	75x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	59x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $78Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $969

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $261	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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