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 below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	71.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '17 at 03:54
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 90.1 2-Core 181 73% 122 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 748 65% 556 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3672) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 469GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7011 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1908 (B1) Unknown 98 98 19 (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 55 41 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 50757751050	71.4% Very good	Read 373 Write 281 Mixed 276 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 23.6 109% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 58 68% 120 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 142820336 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1991 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1422600 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7016 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1902 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 40 782390263850 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 56 56 89944 (C2) HDA temperature 42 60 -140737488355286 (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 -80255758890317 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10332073508 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10198521464	71.4% Very good	Read 132 Write 117 Mixed 125 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.24 66% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 113%
WD WD10EARS-22Y5B1 4TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 64 67231400 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 258 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 35557542 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 86951612909056 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 258 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 12 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 571801634 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 411 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28173 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 51539607586 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 11 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 94145683128797 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7210273664 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7000247827	89.8% Excellent	Read 153 Write 160 Mixed 123 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.26 94% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 90%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 174751904 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 966 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1222731 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3862 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 967 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 47 672661543 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1608 (C2) HDA temperature 39 53 55834574887 (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 60911226198378 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8444652235 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3726738860	72.3% Very good	Read 120 Write 131 Mixed 97.4 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 5.33 4K Mixed 0.81 221% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 81906456 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2369 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 68749342861 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8229 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2353 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 61 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 46 538116128 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1333 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 24 24 153462 (C2) HDA temperature 32 54 47244640288 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 34 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 83730387441311 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17945159234 (F2) Unknown 100 253 44999882101	66.5% Good	Read 100 Write 132 Mixed 116 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.14 46% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 715GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 99789128 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2106 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 4309915970 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7018 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1904 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131074 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 42 580560355372 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 98917 (C2) HDA temperature 44 58 -140737488355284 (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 -58282706203611 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11125753074 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16745892733	67.2% Good	Read 130 Write 105 Mixed 135 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.25 69% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 28.7 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 27.9 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 118%

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	678x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	120x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	167x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	76x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	42x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $780

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16