Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	16.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	34 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 17:44
Run Duration	420 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 238 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 655 67% 540 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 87%

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: 372.54 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 122 Parallax 104 100% 116 fps	MRender 99.7 Gravity 106 Splatting 103 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19818 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1354 (B1) Unknown 98 98 29 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 61 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36361508217	118% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 405 Mixed 415 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 53.1 197% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 119 131% 226 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2TB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 153 10908 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2574 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16201 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1325 (10) Unknown 5 195 95415606777 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2550 (C2) HDA temperature 119 112 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.9% Very good	Read 146 Write 132 Mixed 126 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 3.43 4K Mixed 0.35 141% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 98%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 1,516 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 927GB free, PID 231a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 40.6 Write 41.4 Mixed 16.3 40% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.55 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.17 66% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 50%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 8GB 12,066 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	6.48% Terrible	Read 19.3 Write 9.82 Mixed 6.96 13% 12 MB/s	4K Read 6.37 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.02 25% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.48% Great: 8%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 4GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID 070e Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	4.68% Terrible	Read 15.7 Write 5.69 Mixed 8.65 11% 10 MB/s	4K Read 4.65 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 19% 1.56 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.68% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2666 C11 4x8GB 137 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.4% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 14.9 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 137%

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Typical MAXIMUS VI HERO Builds (Compare 2,364 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Sail boat

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