Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	167% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '17 at 09:36
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 134 2-Core 256 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 744 76% 615 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 153 Parallax 130 117% 142 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 136 Splatting 109 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 1,074 Write 660 Mixed 1,030 205% 921 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 52.7 217% 85 MB/s	DQ Read 567 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 186 197% 335 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 243%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 253GB free Firmware: 0004SDM2 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 75 187742705 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8648 (05) Reallocated sector count 93 93 151 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 9233450551 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20951 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 37 8316 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 30913 (BC) Unknown 100 96 11 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 43 21979856926 (BF) G-sense error rate 97 97 7730 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 27 27 147556 (C2) HDA temperature 30 57 38654705694 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 34 187742705 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	30.5% Below average	Read 60.5 Write 45.9 Mixed 42.8 37% 49.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.29 59% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 43%
Samsung SP2504C 250GB-$29 14,402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 233GB free Firmware: VT100-54 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5824 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7032 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 26856 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3570 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 5125561 (BE) vendor-specific 154 106 28 (C2) HDA temperature 154 106 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 28674 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 401	37.1% Below average	Read 61.3 Write 67.8 Mixed 68.2 50% 65.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.31 79% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 38%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1TB 3,701 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 820GB free, PID 5021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 38.9 Write 39.7 Mixed 36.8 50% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.23 22% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 2,270 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.3% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 23.8 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 135%

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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 $132	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