Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	123% 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	91.1% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '17 at 15:18
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 263 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 730 73% 594 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 203 Parallax 196 137% 189 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 172 Splatting 121 114% 141 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM03B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6368 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5390 (B1) Unknown 94 94 219 (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 72 54 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 667 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1539 (F1) Unknown 99 99 37538482606	91.1% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 288 Mixed 350 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 27.3 141% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 73.2 103% 193 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 116%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 86GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,749 Write 1,325 Mixed 1,655 420% 1,910 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 64.6 236% 85.5 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 161 163% 266 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 292%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 716GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 4283 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10425 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11419 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5901 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 650 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9774 (C2) HDA temperature 112 97 35 (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 200 199 1926 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	75% Very good	Read 144 Write 117 Mixed 121 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.51 132% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.9% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 13.6 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.5 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 85%

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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 $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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Value: 60% - Good

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 $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