Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	47.5% 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	154% 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '17 at 04:13
Run Duration	315 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 150 2-Core 282 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 809 82% 664 Pts	64-Core 810 50% 810 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.5% Average	Lighting 58.5 Reflection 61.1 Parallax 57.8 48% 59.1 fps	MRender 70.1 Gravity 56.6 Splatting 50 47% 58.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC120G1SA754D117-820 120GB 1,827 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 25GB free Firmware: N0815B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1518 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1313 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 175 (B1) Unknown 0 0 14 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 100 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 121173 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 98 (E7) Temperature 100 100 29 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 60 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4647 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9531
Poor: 55% Great: 83%
PNY SSD2SC120G1SA754D117-820 120GB 1,827 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 25GB free Firmware: N0815B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1727 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1315 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 173 (B1) Unknown 0 0 93 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 125332 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 102 (E7) Temperature 100 100 31 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1 (EA) Unknown 0 0 74 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5515 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9558
Poor: 55% Great: 83%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 25GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 175 100 431 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 931 (A6) Unknown 100 100 49 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 100 (A9) Unknown 100 100 35 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 79 (AE) Unknown 100 100 457 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 100 219043332130 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8896 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1128 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5546
Poor: 35% Great: 78%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 1,073 Write 488 Mixed 760 171% 774 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 44.8 216% 86.5 MB/s	DQ Read 558 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 159 176% 306 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 243%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 835GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 44 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 297 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 33 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 69 (C2) HDA temperature 113 108 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0
Poor: 50% Great: 108%
WD WD8000AARS-00Y5B1 800GB 1,154 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 154GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 794 (03) Spinup time 164 117 4775 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3442 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 37035 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2826 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1064 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 26 26 524151 (C2) HDA temperature 114 98 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	47.3% Average	Read 104 Write 61.1 Mixed 75.7 60% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.22 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.12 32% 0.28 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 57%
411 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	7.91% Terrible	Read 24.6 Write 7.04 Mixed 16.1 18% 15.9 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 0.14 4K Mixed 0.2 49% 3.48 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.91% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$299 798 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 32.8 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 42.6 SC Mixed 31.5 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 127%

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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	60x
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 $57Bench 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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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