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 as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	67.2% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '18 at 23:43
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (58^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 142 2-Core 276 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 771 75% 616 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 17622884 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 33981781271009 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 852 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 273 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 40 73017065500 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 73017065500 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17622884 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17622884 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17622884 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 73014444033 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7063 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5146 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5146 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15911 (F4) Unknown 99 99 9437231	67.2% Good	Read 510 Write 176 Mixed 256 68% 314 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 18.3 96% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 49.5 72% 132 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 85%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 50GB free Firmware: 10.02E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 188 5025 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8096 (05) Reallocated sector count 198 198 13 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17634 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1035 (BE) vendor-specific 57 37 43 (C2) HDA temperature 106 87 44 (C4) Reallocation count 187 187 13 (C5) Current pending sector count 182 182 751 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 182 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 176 0	26.8% Poor	Read 60.8 Write 32.2 Mixed 60.2 39% 51 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.31 80% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 35%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 30GB free Firmware: 10.02E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 201 188 4925 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5417 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18811 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1968 (BE) vendor-specific 43 20 57 (C2) HDA temperature 93 70 57 (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	19.8% Very poor	Read 33.1 Write 35.7 Mixed 36.5 26% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.24 78% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$37 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 26.8 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 28.1 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 104%

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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	674x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	118x
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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16