Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.5% 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	244% 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	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '17 at 16:46
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	NGA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 289 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 829 82% 667 Pts	64-Core 836 52% 836 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.7% 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) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 120 Parallax 97 93% 110 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 101 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 363GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,230 Write 1,262 Mixed 1,408 360% 1,633 MB/s	4K Read 50.7 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 34 213% 86.6 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 396 DQ Mixed 212 199% 307 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 283%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 229GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9975 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3046 (B1) Unknown 95 95 51 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 109 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28246389227	82.7% Excellent	Read 519 Write 308 Mixed 260 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 14.9 115% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 31.8 77% 164 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 239GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 51328704 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1627 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7725314 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4761 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 973 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 65 56 622395427 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 173 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6606 (C2) HDA temperature 35 44 77309411363 (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 -67005784781926 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25715830026 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25163326181	66% Good	Read 125 Write 105 Mixed 97.5 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.17 69% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 162GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 95 57213568 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1367 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7892494 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3514 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 800 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 572063776 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11076 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 77309411360 (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 -120297738990997 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8993177513 (F2) Unknown 100 253 88412911981	68.8% Good	Read 119 Write 120 Mixed 120 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.21 99% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 112%
Seagate ST1500LM003-9YH148 1.5TB 798 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 46GB free Firmware: CC94 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 121691424 (03) Spinup time 91 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3174 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7964047 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2063 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1092 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 11 11 89 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4299554892 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 571867168 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 373 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3259 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 47244640288 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 121691424 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 99 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -46660524701471 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1772565648 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2611597260	33.2% Below average	Read 47.7 Write 68 Mixed 44.2 40% 53.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.55 4K Mixed 0.16 43% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 52%

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 @ 3277 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 40.8 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 32.2 110% 38.4 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 46.9 SC Mixed 33.1 100% 34.9 GB/s	Latency 47.8 84% 47.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 109% 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	166x
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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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