Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	82.2% 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	41.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '18 at 06:16
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 820 86% 688 Pts	64-Core 820 51% 820 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 115 Parallax 107 82% 108 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 102 82% 99.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 233GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,732 Write 1,234 Mixed 1,548 404% 1,838 MB/s	4K Read 60.8 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 59.9 243% 86.6 MB/s	DQ Read 66.6 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 221 136% 145 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 280%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 6851167 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 -95502892761168 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1965 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 333 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6851167 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6851167 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6851167 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23143 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15246 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15246 (F2) Unknown 0 0 24444	41.8% Average	Read 185 Write 91.9 Mixed 117 29% 131 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 10.3 91% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 19.6 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 10.1 24% 45.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 61%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 204GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 161 6608 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5276 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14327 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4457 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 210 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5065 (C2) HDA temperature 116 101 34 (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	61.7% Good	Read 123 Write 91.3 Mixed 95.9 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.84 4K Mixed 0.35 114% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 85%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 70GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 96 96 9 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 101 (03) Spinup time 118 118 25790841153 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7640 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 34 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 46370 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5576 (C0) Power-off retract count 79 79 25998 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 25998 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 206159347744 (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 90654	56.4% Above average	Read 86.9 Write 110 Mixed 81.8 70% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.26 75% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 2,670 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 30.6 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 30.8 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 50.3 79% 50.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

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Gaming 86%

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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