Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131213
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '21 at 02:58
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$62 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 182 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 348 44% 337 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 112 Parallax 142 103% 127 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 124 Splatting 104 107% 135 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 346 343 300 243 217 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 481 Mixed 401 SusWrite 299 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 45.2 167% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 124 159% 284 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 128%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 265GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 348 351 359 243 213 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 370 Write 354 Mixed 350 SusWrite 303 78% 344 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 52.2 168% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 116 121% 201 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 452GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 140 139 139 139 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 128 Mixed 90.9 SusWrite 139 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 275GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 127 128 128 128 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 131 Write 107 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 127 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 17 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 16.4 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 76%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

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	1,155x
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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Total price: $640

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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