Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.3% 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)
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

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	10.2 Days
Run Date	May 03 '20 at 20:53
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 210 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 382 51% 380 Pts	64-Core 377 23% 377 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2972) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1471 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (62 fps cap detected)	49.3% Average	Lighting 62.4 Reflection 61.3 Parallax 62 51% 61.9 fps	MRender 62.1 Gravity 58.7 Splatting 51.6 46% 57.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$35 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,842 Write 1,971 Mixed 1560 400% 1,791 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 37.8 169% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,030 DQ Write 741 DQ Mixed 936 686% 902 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 284%
Patriot Torch 120GB-$40 147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 95GB free Firmware: S9FM02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 143 153 144 145 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 353 Write 156 Mixed 188 SusWrite 143 47% 210 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 21 103% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 85.7 DQ Mixed 11.6 32% 68.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 62%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 152 154 154 155 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 155 Write 148 Mixed 91.5 SusWrite 153 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.9 205% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 100%
Hitachi HDS721616PLA380 165GB-$46 4,039 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 153GB free Firmware: P22OA70A SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 65 66 67 66 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 68.8 Write 65.5 Mixed 42 SusWrite 65.1 44% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	80% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 27.8 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 23.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical MAXIMUS VI HERO Builds (Compare 2,373 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,163x
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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	185x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	176x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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	51x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $649

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16