Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	208% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '17 at 21:20
Run Duration	893 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 147 2-Core 294 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 817 86% 686 Pts	64-Core 817 51% 817 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Lighting 81.7 Reflection 80 Parallax 69.5 67% 77.1 fps	MRender 74.1 Gravity 73 Splatting 74.7 61% 73.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 2,528 Write 1,040 Mixed 1,234 350% 1,600 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 25.1 129% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 52.9 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 23.4 44% 83.8 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 236%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 24GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 188 188 663165 (03) Spinup time 137 130 4150 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2014 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8677 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1491 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 242 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1771 (C2) HDA temperature 105 86 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 197 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5169 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.7% Average	Read 90.3 Write 82.7 Mixed 86.9 65% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.35 87% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 69%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 6GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 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 4 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 1 8975 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3741 (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 26197 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3082 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 25 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 60 171799281700 (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 100 100 5 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 3785 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 119153	56.8% Above average	Read 89 Write 108 Mixed 81.5 70% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.42 114% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 75%
ASMT 2115 2TB 165 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 804GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 22.5 Write 32.4 Mixed 38.6 43% 31.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 0.45 4K Mixed 0.22 27% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C14 2x8GB 310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 28.2 100% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 31.4 90% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 46.2 87% 46.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 99.9% 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 $242Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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