Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '20 at 01:06
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 234 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 627 64% 518 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Asus(1043 04C4) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.3 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 88.7 Parallax 160 85% 118 fps	MRender 88.7 Gravity 122 Splatting 128 94% 113 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 32 127 18 32 125 MB/s Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	58.4% Above average	Read 269 Write 95.9 Mixed 204 SusWrite 67.5 35% 159 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 28 111% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 118 116% 186 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 100%
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 46GB free Firmware: 5.0.7a SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 141 155 148 145 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 456 Write 175 Mixed 232 SusWrite 147 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 40.8 156% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 127 110% 164 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 82%
Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB 87,883 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 466GB free Firmware: S5Z42102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 597 623 624 646 657 633 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 722 Write 679 Mixed 149 SusWrite 630 122% 545 MB/s	4K Read 57.7 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 75.3 250% 85.7 MB/s	DQ Read 757 DQ Write 538 DQ Mixed 341 338% 545 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 277%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 834GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 326 337 333 327 332 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 302 Write 222 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 324 166% 229 MB/s	4K Read 8.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 481% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 213%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.3 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 20.4 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 62%

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Gaming 41%

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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	1,152x
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 $129Bench 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: $639

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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