Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	91.6% 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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '21 at 15:19
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 226 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 640 67% 539 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2660 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 233 Parallax 156 110% 175 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 144 Splatting 130 110% 134 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 161 97 94 84 35 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 450 Mixed 331 SusWrite 133 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 44.6 164% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 185 171% 263 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 88%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 142 143 143 142 143 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 161 Write 88.9 Mixed 99.4 SusWrite 142 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 101%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$86 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 152 152 152 152 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 154 Write 147 Mixed 94.1 SusWrite 151 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 7,771 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 79%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO - $190

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,161x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16