Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	243% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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	60.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '17 at 15:36
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 722 68% 564 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.8% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 123 Parallax 97.8 92% 111 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 130 Splatting 105 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$69 12,601 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 377GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 1,988 Write 1,159 Mixed 1,383 334% 1,510 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 49.9 219% 84.5 MB/s	DQ Read 825 DQ Write 396 DQ Mixed 270 291% 497 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 262%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$131 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 8.5TB free Firmware: SC60 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 80 64 106026361 (03) Spinup time 90 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 822 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22336428 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -76446122900693 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 238 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 66 412323151968 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 622460960 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 99 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2560 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 90194313248 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 5 106026361 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 88446261526652 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2439044052 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1847537454
Poor: 47% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$131 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 8.5TB free Firmware: SC60 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 76 64 41414296 (03) Spinup time 90 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 543 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 120772686 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 52334176502677 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 241 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 83 292062232644 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 67 58 622460961 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 452 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3043 (C2) HDA temperature 33 42 98784247841 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 1 41414296 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -116805930581509 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4375488210 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4042990553
Poor: 47% Great: 111%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 64GB 196 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 2GB free, PID 0803 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 16.6 Mixed 24.6 30% 25.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.96 4K Write 0.66 4K Mixed 0.53 59% 2.05 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3333 C16 4x16GB 328 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	98.4% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 30.9 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 41.1 SC Mixed 29.9 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 158%

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Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA Builds (Compare 992 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	674x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	166x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16