Asus MAXIMUS VI EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.5% 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	122% 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	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

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131223
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '20 at 02:29
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 as expected (45^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 265 87% 159 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 675 65% 533 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.5% Very good	Lighting 96.6 Reflection 114 Parallax 100 79% 103 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 84.8 75% 92.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$130 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 455GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 464 465 474 475 479 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 478 Mixed 388 SusWrite 465 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 52.9 185% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 362 266% 351 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 862GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 116 117 117 117 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 124 Write 120 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 116 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 76%
WD WD800JD-75MSA3 80GB-$105 18,464 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 3GB free Firmware: 07.01D07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 33 34 34 34 34 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 32.8 Write 33.7 Mixed 25.7 SusWrite 33.5 23% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2800 C12 4x4GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.2% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.3 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 14.9 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 87%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 77%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 63%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI EXTREME - $580

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	200x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	136x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	18x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	40x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	23x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	22x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $81Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBCorsairBench 63%, 2,608 samples	13x
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples	12x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	11x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $971

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16