Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	201% 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	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '16 at 06:58
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 267 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 761 78% 628 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% EVGA(3842 2881) 3GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6191 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 47% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 447GB free Firmware: X21200RL 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 253 100 982 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 130 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 59 (A8) Unknown 100 100 62 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1021 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 34 146030329887 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 36 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6238 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4640 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9747 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	108% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 498 Mixed 465 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 30 155% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 20.4 74% 170 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 487GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 27 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 3 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 70 64 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 745162536	96% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 416 Mixed 427 101% 456 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 28.9 156% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 45.2 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 98.9 69% 84.2 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 133%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,860 Write 827 Mixed 1,072 275% 1,253 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 32.1 205% 81.8 MB/s	DQ Read 578 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 31.1 116% 267 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 243%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 190 100 9466 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 227 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 392 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 63 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 211 (C2) HDA temperature 120 113 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 164 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0
Poor: 61% Great: 118%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 190 100 9466 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 170 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 269 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 33 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 155 (C2) HDA temperature 120 115 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0	121% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 235 Mixed 176 149% 199 MB/s	4K Read 4.87 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.39 293% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 118%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 136 11341 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 347 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 718 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 82 (10) Unknown 2 198 45038964962 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 328 (C2) HDA temperature 121 88 31 (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 22 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	87.8% Excellent	Read 151 Write 155 Mixed 133 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.88 4K Mixed 0.21 127% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 98%
H/W RAID 0 (Striping) 8TB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 3TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 190 Write 162 Mixed 147 208% 167 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.38 130% 7.35 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 89%

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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 32.4 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 33.1 90% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 115%

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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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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