Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	41.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	113% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '17 at 23:16
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (61^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-$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 as expected (49^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 78.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 239 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 676 69% 560 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan Black-$1,000 3,504 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 84B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.7% Average	Lighting 49.9 Reflection 49.7 Parallax 65.2 41% 55 fps	MRender 63.4 Gravity 58 Splatting 43.2 44% 54.9 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3112 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 139 (B1) Unknown 98 98 42 (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 60 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8724883927	113% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 407 Mixed 401 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 43.9 174% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 95.4 132% 245 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 115%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 177 6083 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 134 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3108 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 134 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8941 (C2) HDA temperature 122 113 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	88.2% Excellent	Read 170 Write 137 Mixed 133 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.27 107% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 88%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 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 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 4358 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2186 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2916 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 134 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4721 (C2) HDA temperature 122 112 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	89.9% Excellent	Read 164 Write 149 Mixed 139 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.29 109% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 86%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 464GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.1% Below average	Read 91.4 Write 72 Mixed 61.4 92% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.16 63% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2400 C10 2x8GB 1,021 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.5% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 22.4 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 16 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 82.6 48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 107%

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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 $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	59x
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 $78Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $969

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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