Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	212% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	16.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '18 at 22:41
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	76%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 130 2-Core 278 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 840 83% 678 Pts	64-Core 859 53% 859 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 124 Parallax 106 154% 140 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 127 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 99GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6318 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1198 (A5) Unknown 100 100 17039554 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 12 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1059 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 164 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 274879086628 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 236225953847 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3561 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3983 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3818 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2531 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	77.6% Very good	Read 494 Write 312 Mixed 255 78% 354 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 44.8 4K Mixed 20 94% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 37.8 84% 175 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 107%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$330 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,578 Write 1,069 Mixed 1,322 294% 1,323 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 58.3 220% 81.6 MB/s	DQ Read 422 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 189 192% 312 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 283%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 46698120 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2912 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 26606120 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6164 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1211 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 62 51 655949862 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13257 (C2) HDA temperature 38 49 81604378662 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 9105330674001 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26081586356 (F2) Unknown 100 253 134991452659	72.1% Very good	Read 99.3 Write 151 Mixed 113 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.48 168% 2.06 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Avexir DDR4-2666 CL15 8GB 3x8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 17.8 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 20.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 87%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	679x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	121x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	168x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $330Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $57Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $748

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16