Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.8% 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	274% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	22.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '17 at 01:58
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 251 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 707 72% 583 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Lighting 64.3 Reflection 68.8 Parallax 61.2 52% 64.8 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 61 Splatting 56.1 51% 63 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 350GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8532 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 137 (B1) Unknown 98 98 42 (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 66 57 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 65595825182	109% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 409 Mixed 417 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 47.6 157% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 129 152% 265 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 2,531 Write 1,144 Mixed 1,359 368% 1,678 MB/s	4K Read 52.5 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 55.3 224% 82.5 MB/s	DQ Read 931 DQ Write 633 DQ Mixed 267 338% 610 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 236%
Mushkin Chronos 240GB-$99 690 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 119GB free Firmware: 507ABBF0 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 100 100 4841501 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 12635793816917 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 675 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 282 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 28 62 38658768924 (C2) HDA temperature 28 62 38658768924 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4841501 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4841501 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4841501 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 31335 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19448 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19448 (F2) Unknown 0 0 28346
Poor: 51% Great: 91%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 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 205 198 8716 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 16 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4873 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3178 (C2) HDA temperature 119 111 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	87.6% Excellent	Read 162 Write 143 Mixed 134 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.27 100% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 99%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 177 7700 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2209 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11659 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 183 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17171 (C2) HDA temperature 120 97 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	71.5% Very good	Read 131 Write 118 Mixed 104 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.17 83% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 100%
WD Red 5TB (2014)-$58 1,098 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: 82.0 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 153 Write 111 Mixed 116 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.18 89% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C14 2x16GB 913 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22.5 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 22.8 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 109%

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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	165x
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 $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 $57Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Total price: $955

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 $40	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