Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	71.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '20 at 22:25
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 259 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 429 66% 478 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.3% Very good	Lighting 85 Reflection 98.1 Parallax 79.7 69% 87.6 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 85 Splatting 94.2 75% 91.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 186 152 178 184 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 259 Mixed 293 SusWrite 170 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 47.9 174% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 172 151% 227 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 94%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 288GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 75 76 76 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 106 Write 106 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 76.1 66% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 76%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 97GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 66 68 69 68 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 60.2 Write 68.2 Mixed 20 SusWrite 66.4 39% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.4 69% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 50%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 122 121 124 124 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 128 Write 122 Mixed 88.3 SusWrite 122 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 158% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB 1,969 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 26.5 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 24 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 83%

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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	1,155x
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 $300	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