Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140128
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '16 at 15:56
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 218 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 423 57% 425 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SDSSDHP128G 59GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3GB free Firmware: 2X13 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	77% Very good	Read 440 Write 277 Mixed 270 73% 329 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 21.8 116% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 39.8 71% 139 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 77%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC34 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 145 Write 161 Mixed 124 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 5.41 4K Mixed 0.79 208% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 112%
Jmicron H/W RAID1 500GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 130GB free Firmware: 26300050 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	42.4% Average	Read 71.9 Write 75.1 Mixed 75.2 56% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.17 108% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 60%
Seagate ST500LX012-1LM162-SSHD 500GB 584 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 23GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 69712600 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 716 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3339251 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 125086627535678 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 451 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 588709920 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1099511627794 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1296 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 77309411360 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -135901355172785 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2687609282 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2809878503 (FE) Unknown 1 1 2	48.2% Average	Read 77.7 Write 88.8 Mixed 78.5 61% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 5.86 4K Mixed 0.31 158% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 62%
WD My Passport Essential USB 3.0 1TB 2,431 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 440GB free, PID 0730 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	Read 67.4 Write 65.7 Mixed 58.9 82% 64 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.11 55% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown OCZ3G1333LV4G 0118 4GBH2X02E99927-16- 1317 OCZ3G1333LV2G 0118 4GBH2X02E99927-16- 14GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.7% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 14.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 15.4 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 48%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO - $190

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,166x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	410x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	299x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	187x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	185x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	176x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	95x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	92x

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: 59% - Above average

Total price: $650

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16