Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 1 month ago, 23 days ago, 23 days ago, 11 days ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '23 at 18:35
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$231 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 200 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 499 55% 432 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$450 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Zotac(19DA 2516) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 114 Parallax 130 104% 124 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 125 Splatting 105 108% 137 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 887GB free (System drive) Firmware: 04.06A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 140 159 183 186 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 213 Write 188 Mixed 130 SusWrite 162 128% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 1.7 355% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 367 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 68%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	60	60	24"	1280 720	BNQ7F11 BenQ XL2411T

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO - $190

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $231Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	845x
Core i5-4670KIntel $143Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	304x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	235x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	154x
GTX 1080Nvidia $323Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	129x
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	118x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	74x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $55Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	69x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	69x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	52x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	36x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $831

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $320	Nvidia RTX 3060 $350	Crucial MX500 250GB $34
Intel Core i5-12600K $194	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $420	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i5-12400F $158	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $830	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16