Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 03 '18 at 03:42
Run Duration	313 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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 i7-4770K-$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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 572 59% 473 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2982) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Lighting 79.2 Reflection 86.1 Parallax 81 64% 82.1 fps	MRender 80.6 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 67.7 60% 73.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 39067022532448 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 817 (AA) Unknown 56 56 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 68 (B7) Unknown 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 32 41 51542294560 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1637341 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 34 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 56 56 0 (E9) Unknown 62 62 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1637341 (F2) Unknown 100 100 856995 (F9) Unknown 100 100 270156	79.4% Very good	Read 480 Write 189 Mixed 280 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 23 127% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 55.4 96% 188 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 91%
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 96GB free Firmware: R201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5553152 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 121650653727279 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 890 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 225 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 38 51542097948 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5553152 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5553152 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5553152 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6352 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11204 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11204 (F2) Unknown 0 0 22324	81.7% Excellent	Read 493 Write 211 Mixed 275 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 19.4 132% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 69.1 101% 190 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 91%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 38GB free Firmware: 2CV102HD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 26926 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1487 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 392 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 701896 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 2900 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 3171118512 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 91 91 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	42.1% Average	Read 255 Write 83.7 Mixed 126 34% 155 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 64.5 4K Mixed 7.47 76% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 80.9 DQ Mixed 48.6 55% 95.6 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 70 64 10964124 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4533 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 60806526 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -123617748707049 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 133 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 68 505085982 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 3196 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26962 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 60129542174 (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 -120740120622167 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9129400094 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28165087592	73.5% Very good	Read 133 Write 123 Mixed 109 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.23 76% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 105%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: JKAOA20N Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 105 (03) Spinup time 120 120 51579912783 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 15313 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 112 112 39 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 43500 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 943 (C0) Power-off retract count 82 82 22586 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 22586 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 257698955300 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4119	58.6% Above average	Read 88.7 Write 116 Mixed 118 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.25 73% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 69%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$171 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 930GB free Firmware: CC13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 98233837 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9338 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 4499945123 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 48305 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1481 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 11 (BD) vendor-specific 82 82 18 (BE) vendor-specific 63 49 623050789 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 835 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 10454 (C2) HDA temperature 37 51 60129542181 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 23 98233837 (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 -110702782007350 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2423753696 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1233647751	62.9% Good	Read 107 Write 112 Mixed 101 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.57 114% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 73%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 529GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 188194330 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 15126 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 44 39 4479677519141 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 54611 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1264 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 4295032856 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 555548704 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 27 188194330 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 81187766834570 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2552310239 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1501643099	49.4% Average	Read 89.1 Write 82.8 Mixed 77.6 62% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.52 112% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 61%
TS-RDF5 SD Transcend 197GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 164GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Read 42.9 Write 14.4 Mixed 24.2 30% 27.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.22 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.89 84% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 32GB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.4% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.6 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 20 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 63%

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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	1,157x
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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	185x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	176x

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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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