Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	31.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). 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	13.2 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 12 '17 at 21:47
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 232 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 616 64% 516 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.9% 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 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% 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 (100^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Lighting 93.4 Reflection 93 Parallax 84.7 76% 90.4 fps	MRender 90 Gravity 81.4 Splatting 74.2 66% 81.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 386GB free Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 2,092 Write 272 Mixed 525 206% 963 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 3.24 69% 15.8 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 119% 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 (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6860 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1693 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1121127565246 (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 100 100 100 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 56 240519544867 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622927390214 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3237 (EA) Unknown 100 100 10404 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7471 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9057 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	31.4% Below average	Read 374 Write 61.1 Mixed 79.8 37% 172 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 5.54 4K Mixed 4.09 46% 11.5 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 31.4% 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 80 80 6780 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 2895 (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 9178 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2507 (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 77 52 387383319 (C2) HDA temperature 77 49 387383319 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 351424 (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	46.8% Average	Read 89.7 Write 73.3 Mixed 37.5 49% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.39 97% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.8% 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 way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 138 3941 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8421 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21213 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4421 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 288 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8132 (C2) HDA temperature 115 90 28 (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	61.7% Good	Read 113 Write 102 Mixed 26.8 59% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.26 80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.7% 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 (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 7804 (03) Spinup time 136 133 4166 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10750 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21136 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4411 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 286 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10463 (C2) HDA temperature 113 86 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 11 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 187 185 2708	41.3% Average	Read 71 Write 72.8 Mixed 37 44% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.32 87% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.3% 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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.8% 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	1,152x
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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Total price: $639

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