Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 02 '17 at 19:33
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 206 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 605 60% 489 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 3998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.2% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 105 Parallax 94.8 82% 100 fps	MRender 87.5 Gravity 91.4 Splatting 80.7 70% 86.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 10126 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1558 (A5) Unknown 100 100 485420172345 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 33 (A8) Unknown 100 100 41 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 80 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 48 206159544356 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 5557738013966 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3585 (EA) Unknown 100 100 11268 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7168 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8130 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	68.8% Good	Read 460 Write 270 Mixed 237 71% 322 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 14.5 107% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 36.8 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 13.8 28% 53 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 101%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 40899472 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3846 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 57 54 1709619008614 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2219 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 262154 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 62 50 639041574 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 258 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17856 (C2) HDA temperature 38 50 68719476774 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -45372034501093 (F1) Unknown 100 253 57778404650 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41713135548	65.6% Good	Read 115 Write 113 Mixed 101 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.28 4K Mixed 0.55 188% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 1315 BLS4G3D169DS3.16FE 1302 1600 CL9 Series 1315 BLS4G3D169DS3.16FE 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19.3 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 62%

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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 $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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Total price: $640

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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