Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.2% 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	58.8% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '17 at 02:31
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 (84^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 738 72% 589 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 121 Parallax 100 88% 109 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 101 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 78GB free Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 11401 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1190 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A8) Unknown 100 100 34 (A9) Unknown 100 100 361 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 159 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 49 210454904870 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 26 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2256 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1436 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5520 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	98.6% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 436 Mixed 386 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 27.2 146% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 49.5 92% 185 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 99%
Intel 510 Series 120GB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: PPG4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17582 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4825 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 68661 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 79 79 0	58.8% Above average	Read 416 Write 198 Mixed 270 65% 294 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 20.6 90% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 80 DQ Write 59 DQ Mixed 29.9 33% 56.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 60%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 24GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 2,021 Write 878 Mixed 1,116 294% 1,339 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 53.8 235% 90.2 MB/s	DQ Read 566 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 192 206% 350 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 243%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 408GB free Firmware: 03.00C06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 1050 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9937 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 27 27 53363 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4847 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 307 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9629 (C2) HDA temperature 107 97 43 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55% Above average	Read 97.9 Write 93.3 Mixed 93.6 72% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.43 116% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 62%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 235GB free Firmware: 03.00C06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 1075 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9218 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 27 27 53555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4855 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 392 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8825 (C2) HDA temperature 107 98 43 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.9% Average	Read 91.1 Write 72.3 Mixed 83.5 62% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.37 92% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.5 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 19.4 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 104%

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

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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	672x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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	141x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	75x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	59x
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 $78Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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