Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.1% 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	68.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA (all builds)
Memory	30.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '17 at 07:30
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (56^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)	89% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 269 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 747 76% 616 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 046C) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Lighting 72.4 Reflection 63.1 Parallax 98.7 59% 78.1 fps	MRender 62.3 Gravity 61.3 Splatting 78.4 56% 67.4 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL 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 100 100 9118 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 76 (A5) Unknown 100 100 25886991 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 60 (A8) Unknown 100 100 12 (A9) Unknown 100 100 694 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 49 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 63 270583988260 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 330717134925 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2564 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5573 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4555 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5875 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	68.3% Good	Read 299 Write 274 Mixed 243 61% 272 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 13.4 107% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 34.8 71% 147 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 108%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 455GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 160 6625 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 244 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32484 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 238 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 153 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 21 21 539251 (C2) HDA temperature 115 99 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 159 6096 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.9% Average	Read 86.8 Write 86.4 Mixed 88 66% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.28 114% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4DFD824A.C16FBD CT16G4DFD824A.C16FHD 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	44.2% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 13.1 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 15.7 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 77%

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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 $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 $56Bench 85%, 31,641 samples	21x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $974

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