Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 110% UFO


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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	123% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '16 at 19:55
Run Duration	315 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 288 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 810 84% 674 Pts	64-Core 815 50% 815 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 205 Parallax 197 151% 196 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 167 Splatting 129 115% 141 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 1,198 Write 630 Mixed 910 202% 913 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 53.4 4K Mixed 20 101% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 19.7 53% 105 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 243%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 15GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4991 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1694 (B1) Unknown 92 92 88 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 56 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 704 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19596568816	51.9% Above average	Read 356 Write 219 Mixed 268 62% 281 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 31 4K Mixed 13.7 77% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 32.2 DQ Write 41.8 DQ Mixed 38.4 29% 37.5 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 854GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 134 4191 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 85 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 141 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 85 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 389 (C2) HDA temperature 119 109 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	83.3% Excellent	Read 144 Write 146 Mixed 142 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.29 121% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1TB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 78.3 Write 84 Mixed 84.5 108% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 44%
1,954 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	5.67% Terrible	Read 18 Write 6.66 Mixed 5.81 11% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.74 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.005 25% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.67% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 28.8 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 29.8 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 118%

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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	675x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	119x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	166x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	42x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $749

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16