Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.1% 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	71.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131009
Uptime	12.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '18 at 13:11
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 227 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 449 58% 439 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85% 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 3794) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 139 Parallax 118 102% 127 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 122 Splatting 102 87% 106 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 196 190 189 183 179 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 353 Write 345 Mixed 294 SusWrite 195 67% 297 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 50.9 4K Mixed 33.6 112% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 235 179% 242 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 124%
Samsung MZ7TD256HAFV-000L7 256GB 6,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 57GB free Firmware: DXT02L5Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 234 192 166 141 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 471 Write 239 Mixed 186 SusWrite 188 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 23.1 95% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 66.6 108% 211 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 80%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 366GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	24.3% Poor	Read 42.2 Write 40.5 Mixed 34.7 SusWrite 41.9 30% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 49%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 992GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 135 137 136 137 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 144 Write 120 Mixed 112 SusWrite 136 95% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 198% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 26.6 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 22 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 79%

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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 $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 $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