Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	120% 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.
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

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '17 at 01:01
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 505 67% 504 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2717 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 164 Parallax 143 133% 157 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 152 Splatting 120 108% 133 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 48 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4424 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2054 (B1) Unknown 95 95 171 (B3) Unknown 98 98 48 (B5) Unknown 98 98 48 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 98 98 48 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 81 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14671751674
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 50GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20461 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1277 (B1) Unknown 83 83 203 (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 70 44 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 580 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25429843016	71.1% Very good	Read 486 Write 336 Mixed 352 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 58.7 4K Mixed 16.6 99% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 36.7 DQ Write 65.3 DQ Mixed 16.9 22% 39.6 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 118%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 465GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 9897290 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 234306928 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 14963 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 764 (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 74 51 471072794 (C2) HDA temperature 26 49 68719476762 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 66 33 9897290 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	55.5% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 95.8 Mixed 86.9 70% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.39 99% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 364GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 201833224 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 60 60 41106 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 62300593 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10226 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2305 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 16 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 51 471138330 (C2) HDA temperature 26 49 60129542170 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 53 23 201833224 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	53.8% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 88.8 Mixed 82 67% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.44 103% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 60%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 980 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 97GB free, PID 0101 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 82.4 Write 79.5 Mixed 78.6 103% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.18 62% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$78 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 40.3 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 36.9 114% 40.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 45.8 SC Mixed 32 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 107%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	673x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	116x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	165x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	75x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	59x
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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $78Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $969

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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