Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20131009
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '17 at 23:03
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 85.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 198 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 468 49% 393 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.98% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 7 Parallax 6.75 3% 5.95 fps	MRender 7.67 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 8.35 5% 6.17 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.98% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8506) CLim: 1564 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Lighting 88.4 Reflection 82.9 Parallax 80.4 72% 83.9 fps	MRender 88.2 Gravity 80.1 Splatting 70.3 64% 79.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 404GB free Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 1,240 Write 1,219 Mixed 1,243 276% 1,234 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 59.8 207% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 182 186% 304 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 353%
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6846 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1686 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1121127172025 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 13 (A8) Unknown 100 100 73 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 28 (AE) Unknown 100 100 98 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 56 240519544862 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622927390214 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3235 (EA) Unknown 100 100 10379 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7454 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9036 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	48% Average	Read 386 Write 115 Mixed 57.7 40% 186 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 53 4K Mixed 10.9 82% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 29.7 DQ Write 64.1 DQ Mixed 10.3 18% 34.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 93%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 365GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 94 5 (03) Spinup time 81 81 6670 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 2889 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 18 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9163 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2501 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 97 5 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 467 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 52 420806677 (C2) HDA temperature 81 49 420675603 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1789411 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 99 203 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	46.5% Average	Read 84.9 Write 77 Mixed 65.6 57% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.28 88% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 62%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 117GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 138 3966 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8406 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21198 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4415 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 287 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8118 (C2) HDA temperature 119 90 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	60.6% Good	Read 110 Write 101 Mixed 27.1 58% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.28 79% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 63GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 7751 (03) Spinup time 136 133 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10744 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21121 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4405 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 285 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10458 (C2) HDA temperature 118 86 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 15 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 191 185 1959	35.4% Below average	Read 64.1 Write 59 Mixed 15.3 34% 46.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.35 96% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1616 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 17.9 54% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.8 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 71%

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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	1,155x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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