Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	3.59% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151023
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '16 at 14:10
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (44^th 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 145 2-Core 291 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 562 74% 556 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% PNY(196E 0F02) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6191 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.59% Terrible	Lighting 4.43 Reflection 5.42 Parallax 3.31 4% 4.39 fps	MRender 5.19 Gravity 4.8 Splatting 3.43 4% 4.48 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.59% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 131 131 21493842210 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2433 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 126 126 32 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13694 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 481 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2449 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2449 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 176094642210 (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 56	81.7% Excellent	Read 145 Write 140 Mixed 139 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.21 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.11 57% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 108%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 271GB free Firmware: 58.01D02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 156 152 5166 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6471 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32258 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1230 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6503 (C2) HDA temperature 113 88 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 370183270 (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	40.6% Average	Read 71.1 Write 69.8 Mixed 71 53% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.31 102% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 58%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 57GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 168 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 773 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13372 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 460 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 863 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 30 (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	61.1% Good	Read 117 Write 95.8 Mixed 90.3 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.27 94% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 2,707 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.3% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 17 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 104%

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Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA Builds (Compare 990 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	673x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	116x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	166x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	75x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $57Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $955

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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