Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	41.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.3% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '17 at 09:31
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 148 2-Core 294 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 786 85% 673 Pts	64-Core 812 50% 812 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.6% Average	Lighting 47.1 Reflection 54.2 Parallax 44.2 38% 48.5 fps	MRender 67.1 Gravity 46.9 Splatting 61.3 48% 58.4 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 107 16045208 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 19275813245830 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1798 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 239 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 52 81607786531 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 16045208 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 16045208 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 16045208 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 64101 (EA) Unknown 0 0 62667 (F1) Unknown 0 0 62667 (F2) Unknown 0 0 28953	73.3% Very good	Read 508 Write 141 Mixed 196 61% 282 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 18.2 127% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 14 54% 121 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 82%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 70 (03) Spinup time 173 172 6308 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9118 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12405 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1765 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 205 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 175 175 75987 (C2) HDA temperature 117 106 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 198 198 1246 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 198 198 1246 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 197 197 1246	88.8% Excellent	Read 157 Write 153 Mixed 146 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.22 100% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 175 174 6233 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2259 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21187 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1766 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 202 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 64 64 408499 (C2) HDA temperature 118 106 32 (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	70% Good	Read 127 Write 117 Mixed 136 96% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.2 71% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 83%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 769GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6761 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21289 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1785 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 215 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6545 (C2) HDA temperature 112 96 35 (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	81.9% Excellent	Read 160 Write 125 Mixed 112 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.23 97% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 2,584 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3395 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17.1 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 47.2 85% 47.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 119%

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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	672x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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	141x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	75x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	59x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $78Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $969

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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