Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '18 at 19:26
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 (99^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 744 77% 618 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 147 Parallax 122 111% 135 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 130 Splatting 101 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 379GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6104000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 809 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 174 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4321444169 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 47 (A8) Unknown 100 100 11 (A9) Unknown 100 100 415 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 48 206159872030 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 279174840385 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1571 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3995 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3470 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4728 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	65.7% Good	Read 473 Write 273 Mixed 238 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 33.9 4K Mixed 16.5 69% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 46.8 80% 157 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 119%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 139 139 38687146435 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 601 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1602 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 294 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 628 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 628 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 304944054304 (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	114% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 198 Mixed 178 144% 192 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 3.72 4K Mixed 0.55 168% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 121%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 3.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 142 142 38684328409 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 616 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1702 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 309 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 644 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 644 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 279174250528 (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	110% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 192 Mixed 171 139% 185 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.72 153% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FAD Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.9% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 13.1 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14.2 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 63%

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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	674x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	118x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	166x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	76x

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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16