Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36.5% 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	75.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	10.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '17 at 07:10
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 141 2-Core 284 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 782 79% 640 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36C1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Lighting 47.9 Reflection 44.9 Parallax 40.1 39% 44.3 fps	MRender 39.2 Gravity 41.1 Splatting 35.9 32% 38.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 2726 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 636 (A5) Unknown 100 100 210495734324 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 17 (A8) Unknown 100 100 54 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 185 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 41 176094642207 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2491100430916 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1721 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5923 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4579 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4063 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	75.3% Very good	Read 461 Write 263 Mixed 283 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 18.2 106% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 12.6 67% 154 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 101%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 651GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 123 123 42982900220 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1337 (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 100 100 2642 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 582 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3324 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3324 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 197569544226 (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	55.6% Above average	Read 99.1 Write 94.5 Mixed 75.4 67% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.43 114% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 82%
Seagate ST3250823AS 250GB-$99 5,049 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 218GB free Firmware: 3.01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 51 47 116865978 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2125 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 162 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 500159787 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16112 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1857 (C2) HDA temperature 34 55 51539607586 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 47 116865978 (C5) Current pending sector count 93 91 146 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 93 91 146 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	37.1% Below average	Read 64.9 Write 64.4 Mixed 62.6 48% 64 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.35 86% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 518 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 33.3 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 44.1 SC Mixed 31.5 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 129%

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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 $241Bench 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 $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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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