Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics85.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VI HERO  (all builds)
Memory10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131220
Uptime17.6 Days
Run DateSep 05 '20 at 15:01
Run Duration153 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
84.1% Excellent
Memory 91.9
1-Core 109
2-Core 224
81% 142 Pts
4-Core 441
8-Core 442
59% 441 Pts
64-Core 441
27% 441 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 84.1%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
85.3% Excellent
Lighting 108
Reflection 105
Parallax 94.8
88% 103 fps
MRender 96.3
Gravity 98
Splatting 99.5
80% 98 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 85.3%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
189GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 36 36 40 39 44 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71
3TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 165 163 165 167 167 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
98.6% Outstanding
Read 176
Write 210
Mixed 92
SusWrite 166
118% 161 MB/s
4K Read 5.2
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 1.1
400% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 98.6%
Great: 107%
Hitachi HUH721010ALE601 10TB
7TB free
Firmware: LHGNX384
SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 209 219 221 217 223 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
122% Outstanding
Read 206
Write 211
Mixed 100
SusWrite 218
134% 184 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 5.6
4K Mixed 1.3
298% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 79%
This bench: 122%
Great: 128%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
61.8% Good
MC Read 21.7
MC Write 22.7
MC Mixed 19.6
61% 21.3 GB/s
SC Read 16.7
SC Write 20.1
SC Mixed 20.2
54% 19 GB/s
Latency 64.2
62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 61.8%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VI HERO Builds (Compare 2,358 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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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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