Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	71.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '17 at 03:59
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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-$170 588,978 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)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 269 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 748 79% 632 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3672) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 469GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7011 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1908 (B1) Unknown 98 98 19 (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 41 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 50764687394	71.9% Very good	Read 373 Write 282 Mixed 269 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 24.5 110% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 97.7 DQ Mixed 55.9 66% 118 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$70 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 144101848 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1991 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1424317 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7016 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1902 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 40 782390263850 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 56 56 89946 (C2) HDA temperature 42 60 -140737488355286 (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 -53631256622413 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10334233924 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10199650984	75.2% Very good	Read 145 Write 117 Mixed 117 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.27 68% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 113%
WD WD10EARS-22Y5B1 4TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 70935986 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 258 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 35563131 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -20598663150080 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 258 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 12 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 571801633 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 411 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28175 (C2) HDA temperature 33 46 51539607585 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 11 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -42623255445027 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7212744160 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7001481917	89.9% Excellent	Read 160 Write 153 Mixed 148 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.24 92% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 90%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 176384696 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 966 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1231487 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3863 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 967 (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 61 47 672661543 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1609 (C2) HDA temperature 39 53 55834574887 (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 38229503908202 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8447058463 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3727462632	59.4% Above average	Read 74.6 Write 131 Mixed 102 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 5.39 4K Mixed 0.8 219% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$49 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 83209392 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2369 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 68749343691 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8229 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2353 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 61 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 46 538116128 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1333 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 24 24 153465 (C2) HDA temperature 32 54 47244640288 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 34 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 38697655342751 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17947520314 (F2) Unknown 100 253 45000898469	66.9% Good	Read 107 Write 127 Mixed 118 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.77 4K Mixed 0.14 46% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$70 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 715GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 101825760 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2106 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 4309918005 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7018 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1904 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131074 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 42 580577132589 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 98919 (C2) HDA temperature 45 58 -140737488355283 (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 31164282702886 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11128016686 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16747701054	75.8% Very good	Read 159 Write 105 Mixed 136 101% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.22 67% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 28.5 90% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 37.9 SC Mixed 29.7 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 118%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	683x
Core i7-7700KIntel $234Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	121x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	76x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	169x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	143x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $330Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	33x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $57Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359