Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	74.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	20.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '17 at 12:13
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 238 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 657 65% 531 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 84%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDEC120GB 500GB 91GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 147 137 5633 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9754 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24749 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6258 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 303 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9664 (C2) HDA temperature 121 89 26 (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	7.64% Terrible	Read 88.9 Write 56.7 Mixed 84.6 17% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.38 2% 0.93 MB/s

HyperX Savage 960GB-$397 1,581 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 80GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5693 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1457 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 2769 (AD) Unknown 100 100 458784 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 244 (C2) HDA temperature 69 52 206159675423 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7190 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5997 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12277 (F4) Unknown 100 100 7 (F5) Unknown 100 100 32 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1927936	107% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 503 Mixed 518 115% 515 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 16.3 140% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 15.9 104% 239 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 111%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 65524021072590 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3234 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 2 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 533 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 30 50 55837851678 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 533 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 716686 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 56 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 90 90 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 716686 (F2) Unknown 100 100 928574 (F9) Unknown 100 100 83128	74.4% Very good	Read 511 Write 246 Mixed 306 78% 354 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 12.5 117% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 33.1 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 11.7 43% 89.4 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 70GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 181469224 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5638 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 25776805 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10397 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2771 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 9078308893 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 357 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 55816 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 -140737488355299 (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 -70531952932282 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21613628960 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22064538777	80.4% Excellent	Read 138 Write 142 Mixed 143 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.29 89% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 112%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 35GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 533 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 6621 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 65 49 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 46 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4955809972
Poor: 23% Great: 49%
WDC WD32 00BPVT-80JJ5T0 320GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 79GB free, PID 6388 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	14.1% Very poor	Read 34.2 Write 21.9 Mixed 28.7 35% 28.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.12 52% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 24GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 14.4 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 59%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO - $190

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,163x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	410x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	298x

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 $139Bench 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: $649

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16