Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.9% 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	146% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '17 at 04:00
Run Duration	262 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 (98^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 269 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 745 76% 612 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 36FC) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.9% Very good	Lighting 95.1 Reflection 110 Parallax 95.2 78% 100 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 94.4 Splatting 97.5 79% 95.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 849GB free Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9624 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4366 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 53 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 55 193274904606 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 664157205 (F7) Unknown 100 100 20793810 (F8) Unknown 100 100 6130792 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4415 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	87.7% Excellent	Read 474 Write 340 Mixed 339 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 27.6 119% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 45.5 95% 197 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 105%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 477GB free Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1,540 Write 537 Mixed 807 210% 961 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 47.3 196% 80.4 MB/s	DQ Read 485 DQ Write 500 DQ Mixed 26.4 148% 337 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 144%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 464GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 264 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 283 (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 66 62 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 109279063	120% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 416 Mixed 424 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 52.8 194% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 133 153% 265 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 417GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 264 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 283 (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 67 63 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 131886870	118% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 416 Mixed 423 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 48 188% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 126 147% 256 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 347GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 1,546 Write 541 Mixed 818 212% 968 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 25.4 161% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 33.1 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 24.9 41% 74 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 144%
Hitachi HMS5C4040ALE640 4TB 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 3.5TB free Firmware: MPAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 103 (03) Spinup time 131 131 42985849342 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9253 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 111 111 43 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14075 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4377 (C0) Power-off retract count 88 88 15119 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 15119 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 193274773536 (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 0	47.2% Average	Read 101 Write 63.5 Mixed 88.2 64% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.11 60% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 72%
Hitachi HMS5C4040ALE640 4TB 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 3.5TB free Firmware: MPAOA580 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 102 (03) Spinup time 127 127 42985587236 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10039 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 111 111 43 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13867 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4382 (C0) Power-off retract count 80 80 24697 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 24697 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 184684838944 (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 0	73.9% Very good	Read 133 Write 124 Mixed 109 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.19 95% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 72%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 136 136 34387263908 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 16459 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 29652 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 9127 (C0) Power-off retract count 83 83 21234 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 21234 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 188979806239 (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 0	97.1% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 166 Mixed 155 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.22 107% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.6% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.4 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 105%

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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	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 $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 $57Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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