Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.6% 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	118% 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	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 (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '17 at 12:56
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 242 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 662 63% 523 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Palit(1569 13C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Lighting 66.9 Reflection 71.8 Parallax 63.6 54% 67.4 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 63.2 Splatting 57.1 52% 64.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1714 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 475 (B1) Unknown 99 99 27 (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 63 55 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13268231345	118% Outstanding	Read 531 Write 483 Mixed 502 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 49.2 184% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 114 123% 200 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 162230506 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 256 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 25835857 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -116711441300744 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 178 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 538902560 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6304 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 77309411360 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 19954418057575 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8390175508 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4416975802	89.8% Excellent	Read 164 Write 149 Mixed 129 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.19 81% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 542GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 237637728 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1809 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 199831938 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7037 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1536 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475164165 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 538902560 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14927 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 38654705696 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 138212047591346 (F1) Unknown 100 253 42635566092 (F2) Unknown 100 253 584458249634	92.9% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 160 Mixed 147 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.23 101% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 112%
Kingston HyperX Savage USB 3.1 128GB-$80 665 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 67GB free, PID 16b3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 157 Write 139 Mixed 37.9 129% 111 MB/s	4K Read 6.61 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.68 58% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 29 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 23.7 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 110%

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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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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