Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 138% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	158% 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.
Boot Drive	71.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '19 at 20:58
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 238 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 644 69% 547 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB; fag CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	158% Outstanding	Lighting 220 Reflection 232 Parallax 230 179% 227 fps	MRender 260 Gravity 212 Splatting 136 159% 203 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 335 Series 180GB-$169 2,872 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: 335u SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 164 158 162 160 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 305 Write 207 Mixed 222 SusWrite 153 50% 222 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 32.7 133% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 181 144% 202 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 88%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 67GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 353 357 355 354 354 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 448 Write 350 Mixed 247 SusWrite 353 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 14.8 121% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 84.2 107% 186 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 86%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 108GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 90 89 90 87 87 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 138 Write 102 Mixed 113 SusWrite 88.2 25% 110 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 30.4 118% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 69.1 64% 98.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 204GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 87 89 89 90 89 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 108 Write 103 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 88.7 66% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.7% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 22.1 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 22.6 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $274	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 $184	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