Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.7% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 05:34
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 257 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 686 69% 561 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3285) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 75.6 Reflection 74 Parallax 64 62% 71.2 fps	MRender 73.3 Gravity 71 Splatting 72.7 59% 72.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 52 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23245 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1075 (B1) Unknown 87 87 467 (B3) Unknown 98 98 52 (B5) Unknown 98 98 52 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 98 98 52 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 44 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 118 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33364395296	75.7% Very good	Read 505 Write 200 Mixed 177 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 22.6 138% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 99.8 DQ Write 40.2 DQ Mixed 39.9 38% 60 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 110%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$65 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 17GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17025 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 520 (B1) Unknown 99 99 48 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 16 (EB) Unknown 99 99 59 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10301166048	108% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 452 Mixed 344 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 41.3 171% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 33.2 DQ Mixed 61.1 71% 131 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 19.8 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 76%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO - $190

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,164x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	410x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	187x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	185x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	176x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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	51x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $649

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16