Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	151% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '17 at 09:44
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 260 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 693 75% 596 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Lighting 84.5 Reflection 90.3 Parallax 79.4 69% 84.7 fps	MRender 84.2 Gravity 77.9 Splatting 72 63% 78 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT2050MX300SSD1 2TB 2,359 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 770GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd 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 100 100 948 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 55 193274314780 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5478621115 (F7) Unknown 100 100 171230697 (F8) Unknown 100 100 81185538 (B4) Unknown 0 0 9159 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	53.1% Above average	Read 309 Write 188 Mixed 144 47% 214 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 11.7 78% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 14.1 48% 105 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 99%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 83GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^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 6913 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1797 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 103 (AE) Unknown 100 100 910 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 47 227634118682 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 198 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 18879391193 (F7) Unknown 100 100 593648095 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2831497253	107% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 478 Mixed 471 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 36.2 161% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 50.5 85% 161 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 960GB 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 673 Write 944 Mixed 808 182% 808 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 42.4 157% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 429 DQ Mixed 159 187% 322 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 291%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 172 7991 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4543 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5202 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1385 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11442 (C2) HDA temperature 126 96 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	69% Good	Read 134 Write 106 Mixed 119 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.27 96% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 100%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 109GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 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 15 (03) Spinup time 184 163 5800 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5409 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13113 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2581 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 195 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 132 132 206110 (C2) HDA temperature 121 102 29 (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	46.6% Average	Read 84.1 Write 78.2 Mixed 70.9 58% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.17 65% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 96GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 202 181 4858 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5817 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10415 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1983 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18678 (C2) HDA temperature 126 106 24 (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	52.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 77.4 Mixed 92.9 69% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.24 89% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
AMD R9316G2401U2K 4x8GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27.4 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 27.6 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 48 83% 48 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 111%

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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 $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) $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