Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.8% 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	194% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '17 at 22:00
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 254 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 710 73% 590 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6170) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 120 Parallax 114 90% 115 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 104 Splatting 106 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Asmt 2115 250GB 750 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 178GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 373 Write 367 Mixed 364 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 38.2 4K Mixed 26.1 83% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 65.1 73% 122 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 72%
Hgst HDN724040ALE640 3TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 262GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 238020800 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6368 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 45 44 3268491490276 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21877 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1108 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 42 434430541860 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 493 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 40 40 120604 (C2) HDA temperature 36 58 -140737488355292 (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 -96220152326341 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13878955056 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29773670115	20.1% Poor	Read 212 Write 179 Mixed 154 40% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.28 2% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 20%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0171 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,391 Write 930 Mixed 1,149 257% 1,157 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 48.2 215% 87.5 MB/s	DQ Read 400 DQ Write 369 DQ Mixed 29.5 120% 266 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 230%
ST3000DM001-1CH166 500GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 15GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1622 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 22 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2290640852	113% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 500 Mixed 506 113% 507 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 33.6 179% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 47.9 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 33.3 74% 142 MB/s
Poor: 100% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 519GB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 81 (03) Spinup time 124 124 51580437102 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 316 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4842 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 254 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 8081 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 8081 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 257699414050 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	59.1% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 107 Mixed 153 92% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.17 67% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 92%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 73GB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 84 (03) Spinup time 123 123 51580895861 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 292 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9431 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 268 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 14322 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 14322 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 270584250400 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	54.1% Above average	Read 91.3 Write 97 Mixed 97.6 72% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.23 101% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 92%
Hitachi HDN724030ALE640 3TB 4,385 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 8GB free Firmware: MJ8OA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 127 127 38686884330 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1553 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13643 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 318 (C0) Power-off retract count 85 85 19077 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 19077 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 197569609762 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	43.5% Average	Read 72.8 Write 78.5 Mixed 69.8 55% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.2 84% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1867, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.6 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 22.1 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.4% 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	1,171x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	414x
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 $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	179x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	96x
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: $649

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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