Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.4% 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	228% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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	21.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '17 at 16:09
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (94^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 699 73% 585 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 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 (97^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 120 Parallax 104 90% 111 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 103 Splatting 102 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hgst HDN724040ALE640 3TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 524GB 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 237875952 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6455 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 45 44 3268492442074 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22299 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1161 (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 69 42 434380865567 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 543 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 39 39 123185 (C2) HDA temperature 31 58 -140737488355297 (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 -5570572576780 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14509961392 (F2) Unknown 100 253 35587108073	18% Very poor	Read 178 Write 170 Mixed 165 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.3 2% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 20%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0171 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,048 Write 933 Mixed 1,319 316% 1,433 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 205 4K Mixed 51.8 239% 99.7 MB/s	DQ Read 409 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 183 193% 318 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 230%
Asmt 2115 250GB 750 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 9GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 368 Write 364 Mixed 362 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 25.9 83% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 66.2 73% 122 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 72%
ST3000DM001-1CH166 500GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 9GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2044 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 69 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 66 54 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 42 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3004426904	133% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 496 Mixed 505 112% 503 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 62.3 216% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 159 171% 286 MB/s
Poor: 100% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 24GB 1600, 1867, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.7% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 10.3 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 12.4 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 81%

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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