Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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	86.6% 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '17 at 21:09
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 109 2-Core 226 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 434 55% 416 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3792) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 146 Parallax 123 107% 133 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 127 Splatting 108 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1727 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1767 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 85 85 454 (AE) Unknown 100 100 68 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 79 64 154618822677 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 85 85 15 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 47199650085 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1494799959 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1376857213	86.6% Excellent	Read 486 Write 268 Mixed 350 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 27 126% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 53.7 106% 215 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 91%
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 46GB free Firmware: MU01.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 263 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 770 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 40 (A3) Unknown 100 100 696 (94) Unknown 100 100 55145 (95) Unknown 100 100 817 (96) Unknown 100 100 657 (97) Unknown 100 100 777 (A4) Unknown 100 100 28994 (A5) Unknown 100 100 47 (A6) Unknown 100 100 12 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28707982475284 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 151454 (F2) Unknown 100 100 314579 (F5) Unknown 100 100 342491 (F6) Unknown 100 100 220580 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	73.8% Very good	Read 477 Write 246 Mixed 265 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 62.9 4K Mixed 21.7 100% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 10.8 65% 150 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 150GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 220474936 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9244 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 56336863 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15243 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1759 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 78 50 370409494 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 56 56 88083 (C2) HDA temperature 22 50 47244640278 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 32216549691624 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37168714221 (F2) Unknown 100 253 37574827183	76.6% Very good	Read 149 Write 118 Mixed 151 106% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.25 78% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 34GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 4208 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10610 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 31018 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2032 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10497 (C2) HDA temperature 124 102 23 (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	43.1% Average	Read 77 Write 73 Mixed 90.7 61% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.3 85% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,062 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.6% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 8.6 26% 9.07 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 7.7 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 63%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Sail boat

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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Value: 60% - Good

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