Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	40.6% 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	94.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '17 at 23:40
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 145 2-Core 275 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 821 79% 651 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2902 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.6% Average	Lighting 45.8 Reflection 52.7 Parallax 42.9 37% 47.1 fps	MRender 65.7 Gravity 46 Splatting 60 47% 57.2 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 145GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 1,570 Write 545 Mixed 791 212% 968 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 25.9 155% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 450 DQ Write 483 DQ Mixed 161 206% 365 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 144%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4112 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1468 (B1) Unknown 97 97 46 (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 66 50 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 193 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25771240927	94.9% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 417 Mixed 419 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 27.1 155% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 47.9 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 93 67% 83.6 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 822GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 24 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5260 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13657 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4283 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 933 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4326 (C2) HDA temperature 113 96 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	93.4% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 152 Mixed 142 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.03 4K Write 0.62 4K Mixed 0.04 17% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 109%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 734GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 119 Write 108 Mixed 95.1 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.02 4K Write 0.08 4K Mixed 0.03 6% 0.04 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 557GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 227974888 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2616 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 38813298 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6704 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2373 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 77 77 23 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 554893345 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 236 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15280 (C2) HDA temperature 33 46 60129542177 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 49426483648351 (F1) Unknown 100 253 52936204020 (F2) Unknown 100 253 114487504629	98% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 168 Mixed 147 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.25 58% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3403 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 32.4 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 30.5 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 115%

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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 $242Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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