Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	134% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.3% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '17 at 19:50
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	18%

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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 610 65% 518 Pts	64-Core 615 38% 615 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 205 Parallax 185 155% 193 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 182 Splatting 127 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 480GB-$152 5,920 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 181GB free Firmware: SAFM12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2290 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 336 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 74 66 146029871130	70.6% Very good	Read 502 Write 279 Mixed 281 78% 354 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 7.62 83% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 34.1 79% 167 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 99%
Toshiba HG6 128GB 5,641 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6420 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 868 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 189 189 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C2) HDA temperature 74 66 146029805594 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	97.3% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 368 Mixed 343 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 39.2 134% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 154 150% 236 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 104%
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 8GB free Firmware: 507KC4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8739712 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 38354057964855 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 339 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 274 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 87 42955374620 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8739712 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8739712 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8739712 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11679 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12431 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12431 (F2) Unknown 0 0 30907	51.6% Above average	Read 188 Write 110 Mixed 136 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 16.2 112% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 31.5 46% 86.3 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. 2x8GB 3,080 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	68.2% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.5 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 18.5 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 72%

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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	1,152x
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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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