Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	222% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170630
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '17 at 23:18
Run Duration	378 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 262 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 732 74% 602 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 214 Parallax 186 151% 195 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 184 Splatting 133 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Jmicron Generic DISK02 8TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 219GB free Firmware: 0103 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	11.5% Very poor	Read 55.5 Write 117 Mixed 71.6 18% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 10.7 4K Mixed 0.34 7% 3.84 MB/s	DQ Read 1.09 DQ Write 12 DQ Mixed 0.42 2% 4.49 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 12%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,667 Write 1,037 Mixed 1,217 289% 1,307 MB/s	4K Read 52.6 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 57.7 244% 93.7 MB/s	DQ Read 473 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 199 203% 333 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 53GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7356 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 964 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 69 43 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7237384144	115% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 418 Mixed 476 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 47.5 178% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 154 160% 262 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 44GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5824 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 450 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 64 44 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4425100505	89.6% Excellent	Read 382 Write 334 Mixed 326 77% 347 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 36.2 145% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 129 120% 189 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 35GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7349 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 965 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 41 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13281798105	115% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 413 Mixed 421 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 50.6 186% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 114 132% 230 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 185 100 9741 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 268 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3546 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 268 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 251 (C2) HDA temperature 116 95 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0	114% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 237 Mixed 151 136% 182 MB/s	4K Read 3.56 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.28 217% 1.96 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 107%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$86 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: 0117 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 143 Write 128 Mixed 130 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.28 107% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 100%
Jmicron Generic DISK01 4TB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 765GB free Firmware: 0103 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 144 Write 119 Mixed 136 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.18 80% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 85%
Jmicron Generic DISK00 8TB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 304GB free Firmware: 0103 Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 37.1 Write 29.7 Mixed 20.4 22% 29 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 0.22 4K Mixed 0.18 50% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 73%
Jmicron Generic DISK03 4TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 98GB free Firmware: 0103 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 171 Write 120 Mixed 127 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.4 142% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 84%
WDC WD50 01FZWX-00ZHUA0 5TB 115GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76.3% Very good	Read 135 Write 215 Mixed 114 206% 155 MB/s	4K Read 2.33 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.25 119% 1.86 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 3,531 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 34.6 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 45.2 SC Mixed 32.6 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 129%

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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	117x
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 $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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16