Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	108% 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	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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	May 25 '18 at 20:00
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 (95^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 135 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 727 73% 595 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 140 Parallax 120 111% 132 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 128 Splatting 95.6 89% 110 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 1TB-$310 2,086 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 159GB free Firmware: X4120000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6707 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 927 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5898299 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 57 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1936 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 64 274879021101 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 68720394256 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1038 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1155 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1107 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12172 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	74.7% Very good	Read 485 Write 338 Mixed 318 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 37.7 4K Mixed 18.5 78% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 33.9 84% 180 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 106%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6710 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 927 (B1) Unknown 97 97 45 (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 48 41 52 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 64553290326	108% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 395 Mixed 413 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 46.5 166% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 84.6 115% 210 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 80GB free Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 100 100 855 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1363 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 122 (A3) Unknown 100 100 77 (A4) Unknown 100 100 28846 (A5) Unknown 100 100 60 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 14 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 54 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4358 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 255820 (F2) Unknown 100 100 301434 (F5) Unknown 100 100 461536	103% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 402 Mixed 452 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 39 149% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 65.7 107% 204 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%
Hitachi HDN728080ALE604 8TB 1,150 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 7TB free Firmware: A4GNW91X Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 116 (03) Spinup time 146 146 38684197314 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 180 (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 1658 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 180 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7264 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7264 (C2) HDA temperature 120 120 236224577586 (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	116% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 200 Mixed 180 146% 195 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 3.49 4K Mixed 0.62 174% 1.69 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 470GB free Firmware: CC51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 243013576 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4307 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 4380841317 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20757 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2438 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 64 1859 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 52 48 873922608 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 11 11 178471 (C2) HDA temperature 48 52 42949673008 (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 -11944304039193 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29445595296 (F2) Unknown 100 253 101963382087	53.3% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 91.7 Mixed 91 70% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 0.77 4K Mixed 0.14 60% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$80 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.5% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 21.7 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 114%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	116x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	166x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	75x

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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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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Total price: $960

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 $179	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) $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