Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	70.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '18 at 11:11
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 235 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 665 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 189 Parallax 176 146% 181 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 172 Splatting 120 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$135 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 306GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3557 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 734 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (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 72 59 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 51 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30811751211	100% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 409 Mixed 416 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 43.8 161% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 43.6 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 98.7 83% 116 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 133%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 131GB free Firmware: X41100RL 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 100 100 4781 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 869 (A5) Unknown 100 100 68747460976 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 21 (A9) Unknown 100 100 462 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 119 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 65 279173529628 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1121006977337 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5507 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7551 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6518 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2829 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	65.7% Good	Read 290 Write 275 Mixed 242 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 15.8 97% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 41.2 75% 151 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 101GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6538 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1302 (A5) Unknown 100 100 137484698218 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 37 (A8) Unknown 100 100 34 (A9) Unknown 100 100 674 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 18 (AE) Unknown 100 100 198 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 61 261993660444 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1425966432825 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8853 (EA) Unknown 100 100 12669 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11013 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7447 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84.5% Excellent	Read 495 Write 347 Mixed 317 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 66.3 4K Mixed 19.9 114% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 37.2 80% 165 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 108%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 4344 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 866 (A5) Unknown 100 100 10810607995504 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 43 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 19 (AE) Unknown 100 100 132 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 40 257698037805 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3822539506554 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2392 (EA) Unknown 100 100 12940 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5467 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7320 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	70.4% Very good	Read 505 Write 334 Mixed 363 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 2.17 80% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 5.94 54% 124 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 78%
WD easystore 25FC 2TB 1,980 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1.5TB free, PID 25fc Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 100 Write 106 Mixed 93.1 129% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.24 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 62%

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 (92^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 32.9 107% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 41 SC Mixed 29.3 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 54.5 74% 54.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 107%

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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	672x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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	141x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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