Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '18 at 19:54
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 0.8 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 209 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 398 53% 396 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.6% Very good	Lighting 97.3 Reflection 103 Parallax 94.5 79% 98.3 fps	MRender 88.6 Gravity 91 Splatting 83 71% 87.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 mSATA 256GB 6,648 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT48D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2604 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 93 93 81 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4377 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21204716876 (F2) Unknown 99 99 31956239743	81% Excellent	Read 505 Write 257 Mixed 337 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 16 113% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 15.4 85% 195 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 83%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 75GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7940 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2216 (B1) Unknown 99 99 20 (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 70 55 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 89 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9172992829	94.6% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 400 Mixed 411 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 26.7 147% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 46.2 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 26.5 58% 113 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 124%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 530GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 0 (03) Spinup time 162 158 4891 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12066 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24410 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7115 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2474 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12059 (C2) HDA temperature 109 95 38 (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	63% Good	Read 115 Write 104 Mixed 98.3 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.44 120% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 62%
SanDisk Ultra 32GB 7,719 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 12GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	23% Poor	Read 39 Write 26.9 Mixed 30.8 40% 32.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.27 4K Write 3.33 4K Mixed 1.67 190% 3.42 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-447.A00LF 2x4GB 1,649 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 17.1 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 17.5 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 55%

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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	1,155x
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 $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 $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