Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.31% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	93% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	9 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '17 at 18:12
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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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-$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)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 98.3 1-Core 147 2-Core 287 99% 178 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 816 80% 656 Pts	64-Core 818 51% 818 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gainward(10B0 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2627 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 373.6 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	6.31% Terrible	Lighting 7.17 Reflection 8.12 Parallax 6.75 6% 7.34 fps	MRender 10.1 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 9.17 7% 8.81 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 6.31% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 892 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 567 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 69 (A9) Unknown 100 100 393 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 18 (AE) Unknown 100 100 57 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 56 240519282713 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 60 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4816 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3267 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4263 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	93% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 486 Mixed 480 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 20 135% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 37.1 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 19.4 32% 58.8 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 114%
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1,440 User benchmarks, average bench 147% 19GB free Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 1,637 Write 569 Mixed 784 218% 997 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 35.9 206% 86.3 MB/s	DQ Read 591 DQ Write 577 DQ Mixed 24.3 172% 397 MB/s
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 175%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 189 9291 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 500 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 971 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 480 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4470 (C2) HDA temperature 126 98 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 194 262 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	75.9% Very good	Read 164 Write 100 Mixed 114 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.2 75% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB 4,021 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 43.7 MC Write 43.2 MC Mixed 36.8 118% 41.2 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 35.3 100% 35 GB/s	Latency 44.5 90% 44.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 136%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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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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