Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '17 at 21:16
Run Duration	401 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 138 2-Core 268 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 664 70% 560 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 78.4 Reflection 77 Parallax 66.2 64% 73.9 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 72.9 Splatting 70.9 58% 71.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 735 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 145 (A5) Unknown 100 100 10354812 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 63 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 421 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 60 61 261994250280 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 150326607914 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1500 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2564 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2327 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3128 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	51.5% Above average	Read 471 Write 158 Mixed 208 61% 279 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 36.6 4K Mixed 10.6 67% 23.2 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 7.97 28% 57.2 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 108%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 93 93 327705 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 124 124 42982769143 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 145 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 719 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 145 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1467 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1467 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 223339282472 (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	83.4% Excellent	Read 147 Write 143 Mixed 115 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.47 132% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 82%
USB 2.0 Flash Disk 4GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 2GB free, PID 0201 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.03% Terrible	Read 12.5 Write 3.12 Mixed 5.04 7% 6.89 MB/s	4K Read 6.42 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.01 24% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.03% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 33.5 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 31.1 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

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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	117x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $800

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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16