Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82% 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	89.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	May 05 '17 at 00:40
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (60^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, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 250 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 504 67% 504 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 110 Parallax 109 87% 109 fps	MRender 92.1 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 78.8 72% 88.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 364GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1685 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 332 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 58 56 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 36 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4278935617	88.3% Excellent	Read 493 Write 400 Mixed 419 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 44 4K Mixed 20.1 99% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 20 101% 231 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 351GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1685 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 332 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 59 54 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 38 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4533467630	89.1% Excellent	Read 493 Write 399 Mixed 412 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 44.6 4K Mixed 23.2 102% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 120 145% 255 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 134%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 426GB free Firmware: 0637 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 63.2 Write 122 Mixed 77.8 66% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.27 82% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 67%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -SD 32GB 262 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 26GB free, PID 0326 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 92.4 Write 65.8 Mixed 72.4 94% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 3.98 4K Mixed 2.49 258% 5.57 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 42%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -SD 16GB 136 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 11GB free, PID 0326 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	7.71% Terrible	Read 22.5 Write 16.5 Mixed 16 22% 18.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.46 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 14% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.71% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.3% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.3 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 20.7 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 63%

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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	1,155x
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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Total price: $640

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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