Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	61.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	May 14 '21 at 01:37
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 242 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 642 67% 540 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 225 Parallax 135 109% 165 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 142 Splatting 124 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 102 109 127 125 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 332 Write 177 Mixed 214 SusWrite 110 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 26.8 112% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 84.4 87% 143 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 82%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 477GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 398 418 382 385 389 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 449 Mixed 378 SusWrite 396 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 53.2 172% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 77.5 105% 187 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 126%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 129GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 78 82 84 85 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 73.8 Write 73.5 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 81 56% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 13GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 107 114 116 110 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 114 Write 115 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 112 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 75%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 1TB 4,921 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 18GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 27 27 27 27 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 32.5 Write 25 Mixed 25 SusWrite 26.9 36% 27.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 49%
Samsung Flash Drive 128GB 4,330 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 6GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 16 17 16 18 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 29.7 Write 24 Mixed 26 SusWrite 16.7 32% 24.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.6 100% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 2x8GB 3,774 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.1% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 14.8 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 65%

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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	1,155x
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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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 $184	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