Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131030
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '22 at 09:16
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^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 below expectations (33^rd percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 103 2-Core 186 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 482 50% 404 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.7% Poor	Lighting 0.2 Reflection 109 Parallax 0.2 0% 36.4 fps	MRender 91.4 Gravity 103 Splatting 101 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 176 102 91 148 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 432 Write 420 Mixed 247 SusWrite 130 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 32.8 115% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 252 203% 287 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 101%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 325GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 67 67 66 67 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 70.5 Write 75.8 Mixed 29 SusWrite 66.5 44% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.4 77% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 59%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 656GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 111 111 111 111 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 85.7 Write 83.5 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 111 62% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 876GB free Firmware: CC98 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 104 105 104 109 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 108 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 105 69% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 449GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 61 54 55 84 134 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 41.3 Write 94 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 74.7 44% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 97% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.6% Poor	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 8.7 27% 9.37 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 8 23% 7.9 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 51%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	1,165x
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	176x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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: $650

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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