Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	105% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 7 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago, 3 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago, 26 days ago, 26 days ago, 20 days ago, 18 days ago, 14 days ago, 11 days ago, 11 days ago, 11 days ago, 8 days ago, 8 days ago, 7 days ago, 7 days ago, 6 days ago, 5 days ago, 5 days ago, 4 days ago, 3 days ago, 3 days ago, 2 days ago, 2 days ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '23 at 14:54
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 210 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 502 55% 432 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.3% 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: 531.18 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 113 Parallax 132 104% 124 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 127 Splatting 105 109% 138 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 884GB free (System drive) Firmware: 04.06A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 169 171 183 181 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 191 Mixed 122 SusWrite 175 126% 172 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 (76^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 68%

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

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Typical MAXIMUS VI HERO Builds (Compare 2,055 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO - $190

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	998x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	359x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	265x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	171x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	149x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	86x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	84x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $142Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	82x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	78x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	58x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	43x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $720

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $310	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12600K $215	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $397	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $60
Intel Core i5-12400F $140	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $800	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $56	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16