Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.1% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	8.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 03:52
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 688 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Lighting 117 Reflection 122 Parallax 109 95% 116 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13791 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1370 (B1) Unknown 96 96 65 (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 71 53 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 136 (F1) Unknown 99 99 42968670454	89.1% Excellent	Read 496 Write 394 Mixed 409 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 22.1 146% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 37.7 DQ Write 88.6 DQ Mixed 24.8 30% 50.4 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 134%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 169 6516 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 234 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3271 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 234 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18475 (C2) HDA temperature 124 108 26 (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	60.7% Good	Read 103 Write 109 Mixed 139 89% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.21 90% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 101%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 278GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 170 8475 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3043 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13727 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1308 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 161 161 119618 (C2) HDA temperature 122 95 30 (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	72.5% Very good	Read 125 Write 128 Mixed 103 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.24 92% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 320GB-$54 6,728 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 15GB free Firmware: JC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 109339191 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4101 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 334692975 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25864 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1956 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 504430622 (C2) HDA temperature 30 51 68719476766 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 53 41 109339191 (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 -14070312829244 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2982252598 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2819137919	43.4% Average	Read 72.8 Write 78.2 Mixed 71.3 56% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.31 79% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 0830 1TB 8,379 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 40GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	29% Poor	Read 71.7 Write 60.4 Mixed 64.9 83% 65.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.22 68% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 45%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 38GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 35.1 Write 33.6 Mixed 32.9 43% 33.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.17 67% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 44%
WD My Passport 0740 500GB 3,483 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 22GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	24.5% Poor	Read 57 Write 55.4 Mixed 56.2 72% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.14 52% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 651 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.4% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 17.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 88%

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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	1,155x
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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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $640

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 $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