Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '16 at 19:40
Run Duration	294 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (54^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)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 664 66% 536 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.4% Above average	Lighting 62.2 Reflection 68.7 Parallax 60.8 51% 63.9 fps	MRender 73.7 Gravity 59.8 Splatting 53.3 50% 62.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.2.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5423232 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 6691559064678 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1211 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 77 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 49 47247851557 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5423232 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5423232 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5423232 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20579 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17227 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17227 (F2) Unknown 0 0 25460	61% Good	Read 463 Write 116 Mixed 188 56% 256 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 11.2 107% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 36.2 48% 87.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 80%
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 27GB free Firmware: 5.0.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5019868 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 -130206228528063 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1210 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 80 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 48 47247786017 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5019868 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5019868 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5019868 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3986 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4864 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4864 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5844	86% Excellent	Read 502 Write 231 Mixed 284 74% 339 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 19.1 144% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 50 89% 176 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 89%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 21GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4883709 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -31207232363161 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 582 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 15 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 48 47247786015 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 47247786015 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4883709 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4883709 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4883709 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294964917 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1695 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1695 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1772	58.6% Above average	Read 379 Write 193 Mixed 204 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 16.3 84% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 41 61% 114 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 309GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 169 1000 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2572 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18389 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1615 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 265 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 30791 (C2) HDA temperature 107 94 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.6% Good	Read 110 Write 101 Mixed 90.2 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.19 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 67%
WD WD5000KS-00MNB0 500GB 1,097 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 68GB free Firmware: 07.02E07 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 216 211 6166 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10399 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 37168 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1862 (C2) HDA temperature 94 75 58 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	26.2% Poor	Read 46.7 Write 44.1 Mixed 43.3 34% 44.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.42 101% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 40%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 23GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 169 1558 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2126 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17535 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1200 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2059 (C2) HDA temperature 96 84 47 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.1% Good	Read 116 Write 96.5 Mixed 102 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.27 90% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 108%
WD My Passport 0830 2TB 2,661 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	26.2% Poor	Read 99.8 Write 29 Mixed 46.4 62% 58.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.23 68% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 26.9 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 24.5 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 85%

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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	1,157x
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 $400Bench 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	50x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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