Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	250% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '16 at 19:38
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	NGA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 286 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 814 85% 682 Pts	64-Core 809 50% 809 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7595 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 121 Parallax 99.4 93% 111 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 102 Splatting 99.9 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 801GB free Firmware: MU04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2331 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 437 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 178 (B4) Unknown 0 0 10469 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 52 206159806491 (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 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 13462379783 (F7) Unknown 100 100 421796179 (F8) Unknown 100 100 129835677	88.7% Excellent	Read 497 Write 382 Mixed 346 91% 408 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 24.7 117% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 27.5 79% 167 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 104%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 310GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,127 Write 1,309 Mixed 1,451 360% 1,629 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 29.2 194% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 920 DQ Write 397 DQ Mixed 240 288% 519 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 283%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 820GB free Firmware: JB0OA3B0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 173 173 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 3097 (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 84 84 7431 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1785 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 210705 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 206159413280 (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 89 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	53.1% Above average	Read 90.7 Write 94.2 Mixed 97 71% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 714GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 137411296 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1316 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2100339 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3060 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 662 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 521928734 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6081 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 77309411358 (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 64957085385983 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11724519703 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10764491922	84.2% Excellent	Read 147 Write 147 Mixed 138 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.22 67% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C15 2x16GB 891 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 40.3 MC Write 41.3 MC Mixed 32.6 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 44.8 SC Mixed 32.5 96% 33.7 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 115%

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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	673x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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	142x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	75x

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 $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: $960

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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