Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 14 '19 at 20:32
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 91.5 2-Core 230 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 607 63% 509 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 118 Parallax 101 91% 110 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 104 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 458 Write 451 Mixed 382 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 56.8 195% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 219GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 90 90 90 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 94.3 Write 78 Mixed 56 SusWrite 88.9 58% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 278GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 189 200 198 198 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 114 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 196 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 112%
Seagate Backup+ BK 1TB 2,418 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 669GB free Firmware: 0412 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 40 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	23.2% Poor	Read 39.5 Write 29.5 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 40.9 25% 34.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 58%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 106 107 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 110 Write 96 Mixed 74 SusWrite 106 129% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 7.8 4K Mixed 0.8 296% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,961 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.4 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 20.2 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 96%

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Typical MAXIMUS VI HERO Builds (Compare 2,363 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	1,155x
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 $179	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