Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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	42.1% 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	119% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '17 at 17:38
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 135 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 746 72% 595 Pts	64-Core 752 46% 752 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.1% Average	Lighting 47.6 Reflection 54.9 Parallax 44.4 39% 49 fps	MRender 67.3 Gravity 47.5 Splatting 62.1 48% 59 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 422GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7696 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 260 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 41 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 118 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9416549524	121% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 409 Mixed 419 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 53.7 199% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 133 154% 267 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%
Crucial_CT2050MX300SSD1 2TB 2,359 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 378GB free Firmware: M0C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 14 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5651 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 83 (AB) Unknown 100 100 4 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 54 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 66 (C2) HDA temperature 54 34 283469742126 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 6 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 7 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 4 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10526755444 (F7) Unknown 100 100 329034155 (F8) Unknown 100 100 291470722 (B4) Unknown 0 0 9125 (D2) Unknown 100 100 28	54.5% Above average	Read 314 Write 197 Mixed 168 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 11.8 74% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 15.3 58% 130 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7696 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 260 (B1) Unknown 98 98 22 (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 55 40 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 120 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13959501768	119% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 417 Mixed 414 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 48.8 191% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 113 145% 261 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 525GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1366 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7670 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 257 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8906 (C2) HDA temperature 97 91 46 (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	88.7% Excellent	Read 172 Write 137 Mixed 142 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.25 111% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 108%
WD My Passport 259F 3TB 1,516 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 923GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 102 Write 93.2 Mixed 73.9 112% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.19 65% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 49%
ADATA HV100 1TB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 763GB free, PID a42a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	Read 99.6 Write 38.8 Mixed 35.8 62% 58.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.18 18% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$38 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.9% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 20.8 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 23.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 107%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	674x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	119x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	166x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $745

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16