Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.5% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '19 at 04:03
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 246 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 649 72% 569 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% PNY(196E 11D9) 3GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 72.6 Reflection 71.8 Parallax 64.9 59% 69.8 fps	MRender 88.2 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 72.7 62% 77 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 365 354 273 351 354 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 352 Write 368 Mixed 273 SusWrite 344 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 41.3 157% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 224 169% 227 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 104%
Seagate ST3750640NS 750GB-$38 10,520 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 664GB free Firmware: 3CNR SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 74 72 75 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 73.8 Write 68.2 Mixed 50.1 SusWrite 73 49% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 101% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 42%
SanDisk Cruzer Dial 16GB 2,897 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 14GB free, PID 5599 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.6 5.8 3.7 3.8 4 5.4 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 32.1 Write 2.2 Mixed 13.1 SusWrite 4.7 13% 13 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 791 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 21.8 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 22.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 77%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 81%

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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 $127Bench 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 $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