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Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	27.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '21 at 14:30
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Celeron G3950-$61 228 User benchmarks, average bench 56% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Memory 59.4 1-Core 89.3 2-Core 175 60% 108 Pts	4-Core 178 8-Core 168 23% 172 Pts	64-Core 108 7% 108 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.5.1 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.1% Poor	Lighting 34.6 Reflection 38.1 Parallax 46.1 28% 39.6 fps	MRender 32.3 Gravity 34 Splatting 26.4 25% 30.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba MK3261GSYN 320GB-$72 6,986 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 258GB free (System drive) Firmware: MH000K SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 94 87 77 81 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 91.7 Write 60.8 Mixed 33.8 SusWrite 86.3 50% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 64%
Seagate BUP Portable 4TB 5,255 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 120 124 121 120 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 94 Write 120 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 122 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.6 165% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 69%
Maxtor 6L250S0 251GB-$46 928 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 234GB free Firmware: BANC1G10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 49 49 49 49 49 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Read 49.9 Write 53.7 Mixed 35.6 SusWrite 49 35% 47.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.8 216% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9932291-002.A00G 2x4GB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2460 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 13.2 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 6.7 26% 9.13 GB/s	Latency 129 31% 129 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 80%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	705x
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 $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	148x
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 $52Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $688

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Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $298	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $345	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $225	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350