Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '16 at 05:58
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 259 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 731 76% 613 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4380 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.43% Terrible	Lighting 1.4 Reflection 2.38 Parallax 2.41 1% 2.06 fps	MRender 3.62 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 2.78 2% 2.41 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 1.43% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 161 Parallax 151 125% 155 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 149 Splatting 117 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 480GB-$195 707 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 322GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4185 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1358 (AB) Unknown 100 100 160713040 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 81 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 98 98 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4054 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10603 (F9) Unknown 100 100 140906549	91.8% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 484 Mixed 486 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 20.2 132% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 28.8 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 92.3 67% 83.4 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q 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 99 99 14 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7700 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2607 (B1) Unknown 97 97 90 (B3) Unknown 99 99 14 (B5) Unknown 99 99 14 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 14 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 64 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 559 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9474634217
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB-$33 9,374 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 773GB free Firmware: SN06 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 173233263 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2894 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 855681179 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7131 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2008 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 62 4833411104 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 810 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34051 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 -140737488355296 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 5 173233263 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	85.9% Excellent	Read 153 Write 146 Mixed 142 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.29 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.52 165% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 28.2 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 27.2 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 46.4 86% 46.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 85%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO - $190

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,152x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	409x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	187x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	185x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	174x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	95x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	91x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	88x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	63x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	50x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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