Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 54.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '16 at 08:28
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	70%

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PC Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 1.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	54.3% Above average	Memory 91.5 1-Core 25.8 2-Core 53 42% 56.8 Pts	4-Core 94.5 8-Core 312 22% 203 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	63.1% Good	Lighting 58 Reflection 66.5 Parallax 101 47% 75.2 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 127 Splatting 107 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PH3-CE240 240GB 172 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 152 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (AA) Unknown 100 100 195 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 119 (F1) Unknown 100 100 185	46.6% Average	Read 397 Write 169 Mixed 373 69% 313 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 38.2 4K Mixed 9.93 57% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 40.9 DQ Mixed 9.42 27% 59.5 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 524GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 65 33702782 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 42 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2776119 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 151 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 62 622788642 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 43 (C2) HDA temperature 34 26 111669149730 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 33702782 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 62182536511639 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1690507651 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1041328319	96.7% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 158 Mixed 153 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.29 101% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2187 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	41.1% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.3 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 10.1 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 88%

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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	116x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $57Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $960

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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