Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.5% 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	79.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '17 at 12:19
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 129 2-Core 252 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 676 70% 563 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 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 6173) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 126 Parallax 104 91% 114 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 102 Splatting 109 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 335 Series 240GB-$219 4,220 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 335u Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4131758552060 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 678 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 139 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 326146 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 326146 (F2) Unknown 100 100 496768 (F9) Unknown 100 100 13206	79.9% Very good	Read 478 Write 239 Mixed 282 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 14.7 123% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 79.7 106% 194 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 92%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$78 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 574GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 178 5983 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2364 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12638 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 581 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 117 117 251803 (C2) HDA temperature 118 105 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	73.3% Very good	Read 129 Write 127 Mixed 107 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.28 105% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 88%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 16GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 72 72 9080 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4267 (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 97 97 16191 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1219 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 53 420479001 (C2) HDA temperature 74 46 454033434 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1613560 (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 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	44.5% Average	Read 81 Write 74.1 Mixed 76.1 58% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.24 71% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 58%
WD Elements 1.5TB 5,064 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 803GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 35.9 Write 38.4 Mixed 17.5 38% 30.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.16 67% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL9 Series 2x4GB 1,143 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	69.6% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.8 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 22.5 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 70%

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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	1,152x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	409x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	187x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	185x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	174x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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	50x

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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $640

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16