Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131121
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '16 at 08:37
Run Duration	267 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 619 66% 525 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2825) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Lighting 43.3 Reflection 39.4 Parallax 53.2 35% 45.3 fps	MRender 55.4 Gravity 50.7 Splatting 37.3 38% 47.8 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free Firmware: 0143 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 98.7 Write 112 Mixed 121 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.36 96% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 67%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 688GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 160 6733 (04) Start/Stop count 77 77 23637 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27194 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5724 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23635 (C2) HDA temperature 114 97 36 (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 0	48% Average	Read 93.4 Write 73.5 Mixed 74.5 60% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.39 117% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 57%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 764GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 230 1083 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10927 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31513 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5552 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1625 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9299 (C2) HDA temperature 108 94 42 (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 0	57.9% Above average	Read 107 Write 93.9 Mixed 90.3 73% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.35 111% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 76%
WD WD5000KS-00MNB0 500GB 1,097 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 286GB free Firmware: 07.02E07 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 219 218 6033 (04) Start/Stop count 61 61 39316 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 32 32 50313 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5972 (C2) HDA temperature 112 94 40 (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 0	35.8% Below average	Read 62.7 Write 61.6 Mixed 56.4 45% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.37 103% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 40%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 150GB free Firmware: 04.04V02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 197 197 88453 (03) Spinup time 199 198 3050 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6049 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34317 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5584 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 157 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6060 (C2) HDA temperature 112 95 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.9% Above average	Read 109 Write 99.4 Mixed 81.1 72% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.67 161% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 69%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB 3,689 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03.03V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 193 3283 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7043 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33549 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6330 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7045 (C2) HDA temperature 107 93 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57.3% Above average	Read 94.3 Write 105 Mixed 87.4 72% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.49 132% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 68%
WD WD2500KS-00MJB0 250GB-$78 8,440 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 59GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 209 182 4525 (04) Start/Stop count 78 78 22286 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 73207 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6410 (BE) vendor-specific 60 37 40 (C2) HDA temperature 110 87 40 (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 16 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	19.6% Very poor	Read 34 Write 33.7 Mixed 32.8 25% 33.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.42 100% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 4x8GB 1,306 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 18.6 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 75%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO - $190

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,155x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 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 $273	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 $177	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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16