Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	237% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '18 at 16:24
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i5-6400-$78 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 214 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 380 52% 386 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% MSI(1462 3102) CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Lighting 23.3 Reflection 17.8 Parallax 21 19% 20.7 fps	MRender 26.1 Gravity 23 Splatting 17.7 18% 22.3 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 2,365 Write 1,185 Mixed 1,209 348% 1,586 MB/s	4K Read 58.6 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 28.2 200% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 151 151% 244 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 236%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 882GB free Firmware: JB0O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 142 142 68719476737 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 925 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 1411 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 672 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 83939 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 231928889372 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	72% Very good	Read 128 Write 123 Mixed 119 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.18 70% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 75%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 14GB free Firmware: CV22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 218819112 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7991 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 309413234117 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14798 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3379 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295098385 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 788 (BE) vendor-specific 61 44 13558546471 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 919 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8477 (C2) HDA temperature 39 56 64424509479 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	59.9% Above average	Read 108 Write 101 Mixed 95.9 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.19 59% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C17 4x4GB 562 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3007 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 35.5 109% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 29.9 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 122%

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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	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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16