Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	85.6% 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	98.5% 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	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '17 at 21:14
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 158 2-Core 316 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 623 8-Core 629 84% 626 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 103% 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: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 119 Parallax 101 86% 109 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 105 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 38GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12610 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2327 (AB) Unknown 100 100 40039504 (AE) Unknown 100 100 467 (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 52 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2355 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2706 (F9) Unknown 100 100 109566880	96.6% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 371 Mixed 408 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 24.9 140% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 73.1 124% 240 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 98%
Zotac Premium Edition 240GB-$75 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10353 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1162 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 565 (AD) Unknown 100 100 55444401 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 589 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 72 (F1) Unknown 100 100 161445	98.5% Outstanding	Read 530 Write 421 Mixed 440 103% 464 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 14.6 128% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 65.1 124% 249 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 121GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 80 (03) Spinup time 183 173 1825 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1714 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11137 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1370 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 696 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1018 (C2) HDA temperature 106 96 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 193 185 1176 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 196 190 719 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (C8) Write error rate 199 196 728	73.9% Very good	Read 141 Write 117 Mixed 93.6 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.34 116% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 93GB 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 78 63 60868179 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2129 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 29213445 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10897 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1848 (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 61 50 673054759 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2331 (C2) HDA temperature 39 22 94489280551 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 60868179 (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 -44783623985035 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12798917428 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14201457608	72.8% Very good	Read 130 Write 124 Mixed 114 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.29 80% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 41GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 493 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4050 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 344 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5215 (C2) HDA temperature 104 90 39 (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	81.3% Excellent	Read 151 Write 132 Mixed 96.1 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.28 99% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 109%
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 (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 10 (03) Spinup time 181 174 3950 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3538 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25133 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2862 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1442 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2096 (C2) HDA temperature 105 91 42 (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	75.5% Very good	Read 147 Write 116 Mixed 113 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.38 113% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.5% 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 (89^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 45.8 MC Mixed 36.4 112% 39.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 47.4 SC Mixed 33.3 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% 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 $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