Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% 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	249% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	20.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '18 at 22:44
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 156 2-Core 308 101% 186 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 869 88% 715 Pts	64-Core 873 54% 873 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 124 Parallax 106 155% 140 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 128 Splatting 108 95% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 99GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6318 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1198 (A5) Unknown 100 100 17039554 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 12 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1059 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 164 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 64 274879086629 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 236225953847 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3561 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3987 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3822 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2534 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79.9% Very good	Read 496 Write 352 Mixed 280 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 19.4 93% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 39.3 85% 176 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 107%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 2,363 Write 1,143 Mixed 1,311 353% 1,605 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 57.5 222% 82.4 MB/s	DQ Read 428 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 195 194% 315 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 283%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 48257168 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2912 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 26613798 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6164 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1211 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 61 51 655949863 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13258 (C2) HDA temperature 39 49 81604378663 (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 118201794959697 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26083992220 (F2) Unknown 100 253 134992584964	84.8% Excellent	Read 137 Write 157 Mixed 102 98% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 5.25 4K Mixed 0.45 164% 2.04 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Avexir DDR4-2666 CL15 8GB 3x8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 87%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	676x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	42x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $749

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16