Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 56%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics71.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VI HERO  (all builds)
Memory27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140815
Uptime2.3 Days
Run DateJan 22 '20 at 01:37
Run Duration119 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
78.3% Very good
Memory 92.5
1-Core 111
2-Core 190
77% 131 Pts
4-Core 346
8-Core 596
57% 471 Pts
64-Core 591
37% 591 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 78.3%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
71.7% Very good
Lighting 93.5
Reflection 79.3
Parallax 66.3
76% 79.7 fps
MRender 71.4
Gravity 80.5
Splatting 78.2
63% 76.7 fps
Poor: 62%
This bench: 71.7%
Great: 73%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB
726GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 189 229 226 240 243 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
127% Outstanding
Read 236
Write 241
Mixed 67.5
SusWrite 208
136% 188 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1.1
195% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 127%
Great: 184%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24
363GB free
Firmware: 20.01H20
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 111 113 113 114 114 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
65.3% Good
Read 116
Write 111
Mixed 69
SusWrite 112
75% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 1
174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 65.3%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
59.8% Above average
MC Read 21.6
MC Write 21.9
MC Mixed 18.5
59% 20.7 GB/s
SC Read 14.7
SC Write 19.7
SC Mixed 18.8
51% 17.7 GB/s
Latency 63.1
63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 59.8%
Great: 91%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VI HERO Builds (Compare 2,359 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO - $190

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Good Total price: $640
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