Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% 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	98.7% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '17 at 13:03
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 98.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 700 74% 589 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2677 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 166 Parallax 156 125% 158 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 148 Splatting 121 107% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22374 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1863 (B1) Unknown 95 95 50 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 66 57 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 317 (F1) Unknown 99 99 38048571482	98.7% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 349 Mixed 356 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 29.1 151% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 85.4 117% 217 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 62GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16954 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1178 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 67 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3230104882	119% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 413 Mixed 422 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 49.8 194% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 116 138% 243 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 809GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3274 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 16939 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1161 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3184 (C2) HDA temperature 114 104 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	86.2% Excellent	Read 156 Write 144 Mixed 140 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 0.33 131% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 132GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 178 3883 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2744 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22287 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1800 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 130 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2613 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	65.5% Good	Read 134 Write 94.4 Mixed 94.1 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.3 86% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3120026AS 120GB-$24 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 25GB free Firmware: 3.05 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 61 54 42858625 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 724354655 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 50229 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2828 (C2) HDA temperature 35 48 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 54 42858625 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 196 32 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	22.5% Poor	Read 38.8 Write 39.2 Mixed 38 29% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.39 93% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 31%
WD My Passport Essential USB 3.0 1TB 2,431 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 79GB free, PID 0730 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	26% Poor	Read 66.6 Write 59.1 Mixed 37.8 67% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.17 45% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 1,133 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 28.2 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 27.2 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 43.8 91% 43.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 81%

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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 $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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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