Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '22 at 23:00
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 213 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 585 61% 490 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 77.8 Reflection 81.1 Parallax 75.6 63% 78.2 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 77.5 Splatting 73.4 61% 74 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 500 Write 487 Mixed 381 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 52.2 180% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 231 210% 319 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 88GB free Firmware: SBFM61.5 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 316 Write 117 Mixed 382 60% 272 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 37.9 151% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 209 186% 280 MB/s
Poor: 45% Great: 95%
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$40 6,626 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 49GB free Firmware: P2CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 360 Write 345 Mixed 360 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 60.4 203% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 545 362% 431 MB/s
Poor: 88% Great: 228%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 934GB free Firmware: CC45 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,794 Write 39.2 Mixed 80.7 1,173% 1,638 MB/s	4K Read 554 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 5.4 23,746% 187 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 559GB free Firmware: CC97 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 10.2 Write 102 Mixed 8.9 29% 40.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.1 32% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 74%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$120 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4.5TB free Firmware: RT18 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 73.4 Write 25.2 Mixed 34 33% 44.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 7.8 4K Mixed 0.6 257% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Microsoft Virtual Disk 249GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 232GB free Firmware: 1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 124 119 127 118 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 6.7 Write 129 Mixed 8 SusWrite 119 47% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.1 36% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0821 16G-D3-2400-MR 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9.1 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 10.7 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 34%

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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	1,167x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	410x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	299x

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	177x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	95x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	92x

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: $650

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16