Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% 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	101% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '17 at 19:01
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 819 85% 682 Pts	64-Core 812 50% 812 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 158 Parallax 130 125% 147 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 146 Splatting 113 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.U Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 555 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 160 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 555 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524315 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C2) HDA temperature 66 59 176094642210 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1932 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1442 (F2) Unknown 100 100 959 (F4) Unknown 100 100 8 (F5) Unknown 100 100 27 (F6) Unknown 100 100 604672	101% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 508 Mixed 514 114% 508 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 13.9 125% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 14.3 99% 228 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 111%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 144 144 21491024150 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2186 (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 99 99 7973 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1779 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2399 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2399 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 176094380065 (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	86.3% Excellent	Read 152 Write 149 Mixed 151 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.19 98% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 527 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3090 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 32 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 44.5 SC Mixed 31.4 95% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 104% 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 $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 $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 $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