Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.2% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '18 at 07:26
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 (77^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 227 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 595 60% 485 Pts	64-Core 605 37% 605 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 76.6 Reflection 76.3 Parallax 67 62% 73.3 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 69.2 Splatting 71 58% 70.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate 600 Pro 240GB-$199 351 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: B690 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 199 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13739 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3523 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 0 3866654 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 87 87 14 (EA) Unknown 100 100 163985 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14250 (F2) Unknown 100 100 19856 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 5743	88.2% Excellent	Read 483 Write 341 Mixed 430 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 82.7 4K Mixed 25.7 113% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 74.2 122% 236 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 98%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 132 132 34388246962 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1014 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5572 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1014 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7459 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7459 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 193274642467 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	95.6% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 166 Mixed 165 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.24 106% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 108%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 82GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 115 (03) Spinup time 121 121 38685639128 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9124 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 37514 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3932 (C0) Power-off retract count 80 80 24060 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 24060 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 240519217191 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	35.7% Below average	Read 62.5 Write 61.6 Mixed 60.8 46% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.43 99% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 61%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 153 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1TB free, PID a208 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 88.8 Write 91.8 Mixed 84.3 114% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.17 70% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 50%
Seagate Portable 1TB 1,255 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 178GB free, PID 2300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Read 20.7 Write 35 Mixed 18.2 33% 24.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.16 17% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 17%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 94GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 38 Write 38.2 Mixed 17 38% 31 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.23 49% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.2% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17.3 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 85%

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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	1,152x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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