Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	106% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '18 at 23:03
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 248 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 665 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.8.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 65.5 Parallax 95.4 64% 79.7 fps	MRender 65.3 Gravity 64.7 Splatting 84 60% 71.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 42 40 37 43 48 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 486 Mixed 383 SusWrite 70.9 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 60.1 210% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 238 212% 320 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 118%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 109GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 65 66 67 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 104 Write 94.8 Mixed 97 SusWrite 66.1 67% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 76%
WD WD3001FAEX-00MJRA0 3TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01K02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 158 157 159 159 159 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	93.9% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 148 Mixed 98.7 SusWrite 158 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 22.2 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 23.5 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 86%

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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	1,152x
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