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Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.2% 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	233% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '22 at 05:13
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$127 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 142 2-Core 283 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 776 77% 628 Pts	64-Core 775 48% 775 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 99.7 Reflection 112 Parallax 101 81% 104 fps	MRender 92.7 Gravity 103 Splatting 100 81% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7201Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 226 183 203 201 219 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 1,966 Write 1,145 Mixed 751 SusWrite 242 226% 1,026 MB/s	4K Read 61.4 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 78.8 278% 99.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,355 DQ Write 1,064 DQ Mixed 989 800% 1,136 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 236%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$61 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 158 160 160 161 161 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 153 Write 158 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 156 90% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 142% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 108%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$125 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 175 178 174 180 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 196 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 173 104% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 138% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$70 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2884 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 30.8 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 30.4 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 113%

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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 1,042 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	707x
Core i7-7700KIntel $148Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	124x
Core i5-6600KIntel $90Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	80x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	173x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	149x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $237Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	78x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $150Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	45x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $330Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	35x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	43x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $49Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $688

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