Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	102% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '17 at 07:48
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 139 2-Core 278 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 782 81% 649 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 148 Parallax 128 110% 137 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 132 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 436GB free Firmware: X4120000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4705 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 657 (A5) Unknown 100 100 49414817 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 552 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 94 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 66 283468693536 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1494669132124 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5569 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6482 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6134 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9755 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	45.1% Average	Read 258 Write 176 Mixed 178 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 38.5 4K Mixed 10.7 71% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.4 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 9.75 28% 56.9 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 104%
Corsai Neutron XT SSD 240GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC01.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^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 4716 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 659 (A2) Unknown 100 100 575 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7012613 (AE) Unknown 100 100 104 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 104 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15596 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4187	102% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 505 Mixed 506 114% 509 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 15.6 122% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 15.6 105% 242 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%
WD WD2003FYPS-27Y2B 2TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 903GB free Firmware: 04.05G11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1973 (03) Spinup time 249 229 9516 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 811 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 44669 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 262 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 748 (C2) HDA temperature 116 107 36 (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	49.7% Average	Read 81.4 Write 91.1 Mixed 88.2 66% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.4 125% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.2% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 20.2 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 22.6 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 103%

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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