Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	69.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '17 at 07:48
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	37%

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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 140 2-Core 250 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 754 71% 590 Pts	64-Core 767 48% 767 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6698) ≥ 4GB; 11G-P4-6698, EVGA 1080ti FTW3 Hybrid Gaming CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 152 Parallax 135 116% 143 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 135 Splatting 96.4 88% 108 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 130GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 755 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 79 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 51 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 559736036	113% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 416 Mixed 419 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 44 174% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 121 145% 255 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 122%
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 18296988 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 68771016366072 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1945 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 279 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 52 81607786532 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18296988 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18296988 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18296988 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 65819 (EA) Unknown 0 0 64354 (F1) Unknown 0 0 64354 (F2) Unknown 0 0 29978	69.6% Good	Read 504 Write 138 Mixed 210 62% 284 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 16.3 118% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 14 51% 112 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 82%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 70 (03) Spinup time 174 172 6283 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9276 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13543 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1923 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 246 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 175 175 77393 (C2) HDA temperature 111 106 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 198 198 1246 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 198 198 1247 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 197 197 1247	87.9% Excellent	Read 154 Write 153 Mixed 136 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.26 98% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 176 174 6183 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2418 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22325 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1925 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 244 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 62 62 414965 (C2) HDA temperature 113 106 37 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	74.1% Very good	Read 135 Write 123 Mixed 103 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.23 91% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 83%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 781GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 174 4108 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6927 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22425 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1951 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 264 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6662 (C2) HDA temperature 106 96 41 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.3% Good	Read 119 Write 115 Mixed 105 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.35 130% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 2,584 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.1% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 16.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 14 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 119%

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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 $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	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 $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 $56Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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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 $179	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