Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	136% 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	209% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '17 at 00:03
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 252 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 671 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2777 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 203 Parallax 202 156% 199 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 184 Splatting 129 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 9,880 User benchmarks, average bench 307% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,442 Write 1,257 Mixed 1,394 305% 1,364 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 56.5 190% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 171 177% 288 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 541%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 504GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 86196584 (03) Spinup time 96 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11036 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 53 163280481792 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14256 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3580 (B7) Unknown 53 53 47 (B8) Unknown 96 96 4 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BE) vendor-specific 67 59 9145679905 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 370 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 52 52 97809 (C2) HDA temperature 33 41 -140737488355295 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -38186554221438 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31846051257 (F2) Unknown 100 253 55820459991	77.2% Very good	Read 153 Write 116 Mixed 94.5 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 3.56 4K Mixed 0.26 108% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 387GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 132360336 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6216 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 56 52 34363364968 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8334 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2482 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 58 17752457250 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1087 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21424 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 -140737488355294 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 83970905605711 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11625029684 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10849192038	88.8% Excellent	Read 159 Write 151 Mixed 128 109% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.31 84% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 1,665 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1800 MHz clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 22.9 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 76%

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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	1,155x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	409x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	187x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	185x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	174x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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	50x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16