Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	81.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '17 at 14:46
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 746 77% 621 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 153 Parallax 127 114% 140 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 138 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0125A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 300 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 229 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 39 (A3) Unknown 100 100 6 (A4) Unknown 100 100 17472 (A5) Unknown 100 100 82 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (94) Unknown 100 100 25681 (95) Unknown 100 100 774 (96) Unknown 100 100 604 (97) Unknown 100 100 755 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1500 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 10 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 48 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 49 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 60004 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 60004 (F2) Unknown 100 100 67905 (F5) Unknown 100 100 139776	81.2% Excellent	Read 516 Write 331 Mixed 358 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 16.2 114% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 31 64% 124 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 457GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 215740941 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 254 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18212804 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 790 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 225 (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 63 52 688914469 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 255 (C2) HDA temperature 37 15 64424509477 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 215740941 (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 18468359373579 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7829741824 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8343218017	94% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 147 Mixed 135 115% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.22 77% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 27 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 30.8 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 104%

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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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Total price: $960

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