Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	88.7% 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	97.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '17 at 20:03
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 151 2-Core 304 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 600 8-Core 603 80% 602 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2024 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.12 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 124 Parallax 113 90% 116 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 103 Splatting 110 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 39GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12435 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2300 (AB) Unknown 100 100 40039504 (AE) Unknown 100 100 457 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 51 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2321 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2666 (F9) Unknown 100 100 108224336	97.2% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 369 Mixed 412 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 23.4 143% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 67.9 123% 240 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 98%
Zotac Premium Edition 240GB-$75 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10169 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1130 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 565 (AD) Unknown 100 100 55247793 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 570 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 72 (F1) Unknown 100 100 161196	97.6% Outstanding	Read 532 Write 421 Mixed 474 106% 476 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 14.9 130% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 64.5 116% 230 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 104GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 461 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3867 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 315 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4961 (C2) HDA temperature 107 90 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 199 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	93.4% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 152 Mixed 103 106% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.29 116% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 148GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 80 (03) Spinup time 187 173 1650 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1670 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 10952 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1341 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 680 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 990 (C2) HDA temperature 109 96 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 194 185 1123 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 194 190 1098 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (C8) Write error rate 198 196 1102	94.3% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 148 Mixed 149 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.33 109% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 101GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 177889708 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2100 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 28666734 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10713 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1819 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 65 50 589037603 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2300 (C2) HDA temperature 35 22 94489280547 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 177889708 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 72829760448445 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12678900376 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13671615085	72.9% Very good	Read 128 Write 127 Mixed 105 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 68GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 10 (03) Spinup time 189 174 3541 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3492 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 24948 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2833 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1426 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2066 (C2) HDA temperature 109 91 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	81.6% Excellent	Read 169 Write 115 Mixed 114 99% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.41 120% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Avexir DDR4-3200 CL16 8GB 2x8GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3383 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	MC Read 42.4 MC Write 46.1 MC Mixed 36.2 119% 41.6 GB/s	SC Read 24.4 SC Write 48.7 SC Mixed 33.5 102% 35.5 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 112%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	116x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	166x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	75x

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 $45Bench 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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Total price: $960

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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