Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.3% 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	223% 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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '17 at 22:07
Run Duration	444 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 262 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 738 71% 583 Pts	64-Core 734 45% 734 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% PNY(196E 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 119 Parallax 112 85% 112 fps	MRender 99.5 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 370GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 1,576 Write 1,285 Mixed 1,296 308% 1,386 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 44.1 209% 80.4 MB/s	DQ Read 507 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 172 195% 337 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 254%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 75 (03) Spinup time 143 143 34387853687 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 209 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1602 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 64 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 227 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 227 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 137440067613 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	86.9% Excellent	Read 157 Write 145 Mixed 155 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.12 80% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop 1TB 4,684 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 302GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Read 37.5 Write 38.8 Mixed 38.8 50% 38.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.43 64% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 21%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 1GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 1GB free, PID null Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	3.35% Terrible	Read 9.52 Write 4.33 Mixed 5.73 8% 6.53 MB/s	4K Read 4.15 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.02 16% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.35% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 2,108 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.5% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 24.1 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 115%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	116x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	165x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	75x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $40Bench 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: 69% - Good

Total price: $969

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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