Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.2% 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	92.1% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 11 '18 at 23:57
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 726 72% 588 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.2% Average	Lighting 47.8 Reflection 55.1 Parallax 44.5 39% 49.1 fps	MRender 68.1 Gravity 47.6 Splatting 62.1 49% 59.3 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3920 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1335 (AB) Unknown 100 100 41301072 (AE) Unknown 100 100 92 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 248 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 92 92 92 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10022 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7653 (F9) Unknown 100 100 469561516	92.1% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 370 Mixed 397 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 24.3 133% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 57.3 106% 205 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 98%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 177GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1642 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5107 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1463 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 191 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1450 (C2) HDA temperature 111 101 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	99.8% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 161 Mixed 144 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.28 102% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 108%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 241 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 26GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 92.1 Write 86.1 Mixed 87.5 113% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.88 4K Write 2.96 4K Mixed 1.94 196% 4.26 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB-$97 3,926 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.6 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 24.2 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 107%

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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 $132	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