Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '17 at 23:31
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 (98^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 263 95% 168 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 795 76% 625 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.7% 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 85A4) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2036 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Lighting 85.8 Reflection 84.1 Parallax 72.4 70% 80.8 fps	MRender 73.6 Gravity 77.7 Splatting 79.7 63% 77 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 732 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 662 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 23 (A3) Unknown 100 100 255 (94) Unknown 100 100 94538 (95) Unknown 100 100 1307 (96) Unknown 100 100 1239 (97) Unknown 100 100 1277 (A4) Unknown 100 100 23210 (A5) Unknown 100 100 76 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 127 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 44148608925727 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 115953 (F2) Unknown 100 100 720818 (F5) Unknown 100 100 137084 (F6) Unknown 100 100 189076 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	79.4% Very good	Read 496 Write 259 Mixed 276 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 24.9 113% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 18.7 69% 155 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 91%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 842GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 20 (03) Spinup time 182 176 5883 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1348 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3990 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 772 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 212 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 60085 (C2) HDA temperature 120 108 30 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	61.4% Good	Read 111 Write 103 Mixed 105 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.19 93% 1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 84%

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 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 33.2 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 45.1 SC Mixed 32.4 96% 33.6 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

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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