Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.4% 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	76.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '20 at 15:05
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 236 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 620 64% 517 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 118 Parallax 107 89% 112 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 103 Splatting 97.3 81% 99.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 90 83 109 91 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 515 Write 162 Mixed 380 SusWrite 98.1 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 26.6 136% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 88.1 DQ Mixed 182 143% 205 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 83%
Toshiba DT01ABA300 3TB 5,677 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2.5TB free Firmware: MZ6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 143 143 143 143 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 141 Write 147 Mixed 29 SusWrite 143 83% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 139 139 139 139 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 150 Write 130 Mixed 82 SusWrite 139 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 83%
Seagate M3 Portable 2TB 4,943 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 793GB free Firmware: 1402 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 66 64 64 63 60 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 95.7 Write 78.8 Mixed 59 SusWrite 62.8 55% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 1.1 232% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 64%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 1,083 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 636GB free, PID 0210 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 84 84 83 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 117 Write 119 Mixed 46 SusWrite 83.7 119% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 373 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	69.7% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 21.9 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 23.8 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 85%

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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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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO - $190

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,164x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16