Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.2% 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	175% 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.

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

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '17 at 22:33
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 70.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 267 85% 158 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 398 58% 424 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3161) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 68.9 Reflection 68.1 Parallax 61 56% 66 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 63.2 Splatting 53.6 50% 62.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 365GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21779 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 841 (B1) Unknown 98 98 13 (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 74 58 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 585 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18585903875
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 135GB free Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2578 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 209 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 2 (AE) Unknown 99 99 36 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 966 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 48 38 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 512 (F1) Unknown 99 99 387 (F2) Unknown 99 99 249	231% Outstanding	Read 1,897 Write 1,252 Mixed 1,457 340% 1,535 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 47.5 196% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 483 DQ Write 378 DQ Mixed 233 228% 365 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 220%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 1,464 Write 841 Mixed 1,074 249% 1,127 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 28.9 199% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 47.8 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 30.1 67% 129 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 570GB free Firmware: CC9F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 182953944 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 925 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 160063523 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13484 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 778 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032836 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 76 58 487981080 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 666 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14301 (C2) HDA temperature 24 42 47244640280 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 51621211943379 (F1) Unknown 100 253 114695989317563 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -120567688573247	100% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 174 Mixed 143 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.15 88% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.1% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.7 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 22.1 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 99.8 40% 99.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 85%

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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 $242Bench 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