Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131009
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '18 at 23:15
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 662 70% 562 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 207 Parallax 184 152% 193 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 175 Splatting 121 114% 141 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,377 Write 6,028 Mixed 5,647 1,412% 6,351 MB/s	4K Read 810 4K Write 268 4K Mixed 352 1,822% 477 MB/s	DQ Read 1,462 DQ Write 1,026 DQ Mixed 1,093 857% 1,194 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 678GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 57 60 58 59 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 104 Write 124 Mixed 101 SusWrite 58.8 72% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.7% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 62%

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Typical MAXIMUS VI HERO Builds (Compare 2,371 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,161x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	410x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	187x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	185x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	176x

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	51x

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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $640

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16