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 (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	80.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). 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	16.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '18 at 22:53
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 (86^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 88 1-Core 122 2-Core 237 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 662 64% 525 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 84%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -107039174946036 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3294 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 2 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 541 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 36 50 55837851684 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 541 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 728206 (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 728206 (F2) Unknown 100 100 948849 (F9) Unknown 100 100 84261	80.4% Excellent	Read 504 Write 239 Mixed 321 78% 355 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 13.9 128% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 14.5 65% 144 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 91%
HyperX Savage 960GB-$397 1,581 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 50GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 5855 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1517 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 2769 (AD) Unknown 100 100 458785 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 275 (C2) HDA temperature 62 52 206159675430 (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 7484 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6233 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12485 (F4) Unknown 100 100 7 (F5) Unknown 100 100 33 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2010240	95.8% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 355 Mixed 280 85% 386 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 15.3 136% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 15.2 99% 228 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 111%
Mushkin MKNSSDEC120GB 500GB 18GB 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 140 137 5991 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9808 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 24914 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6312 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 306 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9718 (C2) HDA temperature 114 89 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	6.6% Terrible	Read 55.6 Write 61.7 Mixed 62.4 13% 59.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.34 2% 0.91 MB/s

Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 66GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 122959312 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5695 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 26011848 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10560 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2828 (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 66 56 9161801762 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 385 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 56967 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 -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 -7683696489849 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21701510017 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22208585943	68% Good	Read 117 Write 120 Mixed 133 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.19 74% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 112%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 14GB 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 99 697 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 6681 (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 59 49 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 68 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5345612960
Poor: 23% Great: 49%
WDC WD32 00BPVT-80JJ5T0 320GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 89GB free, PID 6388 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	14.2% Very poor	Read 33.8 Write 22.6 Mixed 9.94 25% 22.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.12 52% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.2% 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	50.1% Above average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 59%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

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