Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131030
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '17 at 13:52
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 704 76% 605 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.6% Good	Lighting 82.3 Reflection 82.7 Parallax 74.5 67% 79.8 fps	MRender 81.2 Gravity 74.6 Splatting 66.6 60% 74.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q Series Pro 256GB-$109 1,725 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: JTRA0102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 18996 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1218 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6296 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 194 194 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 87 (C2) HDA temperature 78 65 150324445206 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	105% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 466 Mixed 499 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 44.2 146% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 120 123% 197 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 195GB free Firmware: 15.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7576 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20474 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1591 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 293 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7282 (C2) HDA temperature 118 106 25 (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	66.8% Good	Read 116 Write 116 Mixed 112 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.36 110% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 9,944 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	69.4% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.4 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 21.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 70%

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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 $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 $129Bench 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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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $639

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 $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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