Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51% 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	214% 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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '17 at 06:00
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 107 2-Core 197 78% 132 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 661 64% 527 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51% Above average	Lighting 63.3 Reflection 67.9 Parallax 60.4 52% 63.9 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 59.5 Splatting 54 50% 62.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1,771 Write 956 Mixed 1,092 281% 1,273 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 51.8 197% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 748 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 249 262% 444 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 283%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 535GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 77 (03) Spinup time 117 117 12897747140 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5923 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 108 108 37 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11019 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1153 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5957 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5957 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 236223856671 (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	70.6% Very good	Read 133 Write 113 Mixed 131 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.18 67% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 107%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 287GB free Firmware: 2AR20002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 69 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 88 3060 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 803 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2028 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 798 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 372 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 184684052508 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1599 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 54 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 68030	41.2% Average	Read 73.4 Write 70.2 Mixed 74.2 55% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.22 67% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 4,091 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3143 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 32.3 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 40.4 SC Mixed 28.9 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 117%

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Gaming 86%

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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	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 $56Bench 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 $179	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