Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	115% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '17 at 22:10
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 135 2-Core 269 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 749 80% 635 Pts	64-Core 752 47% 752 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Lighting 69 Reflection 71.8 Parallax 64.5 56% 68.4 fps	MRender 73.9 Gravity 64.3 Splatting 60.3 54% 66.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 256GB 675 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3349 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 939 (B1) Unknown 99 99 40 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 60 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11204832946	115% Outstanding	Read 531 Write 483 Mixed 500 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 36.4 176% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 10.9 73% 175 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 127%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 194937528 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1307 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10559005 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3331 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 859 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475295239 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 68 454623258 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9685 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 64424509466 (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 24017457121692 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7908777690 (F2) Unknown 100 253 105798402140	101% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 158 Mixed 164 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.21 80% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,376 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 40.6 MC Write 41.8 MC Mixed 35.1 112% 39.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 45.9 SC Mixed 33.2 97% 34.1 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 111%

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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 $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	142x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 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 $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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