Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.3% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	20.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '17 at 21:27
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 138 2-Core 272 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 725 79% 623 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 146 Parallax 124 117% 138 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 134 Splatting 105 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ SABER1000 480GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 210GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 744 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 551 (AB) Unknown 100 100 162384208 (AE) Unknown 100 100 62 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 33 (D2) Unknown 100 100 1 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7307 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5613 (F9) Unknown 100 100 251353272	96.3% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 485 Mixed 499 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 21.6 145% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 31 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 78.4 63% 85.3 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 110%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 207GB free Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 75 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 352 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 149 (A3) Unknown 100 100 50 (A4) Unknown 100 100 7484 (A5) Unknown 100 100 11 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 310 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 95334 (F2) Unknown 100 100 77603 (F5) Unknown 100 100 119744	108% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 425 Mixed 460 104% 468 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 39.8 161% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 45.3 100% 205 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 105%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 29GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 253 Write 192 Mixed 195 263% 213 MB/s	4K Read 11.7 4K Write 9.96 4K Mixed 3.38 497% 8.33 MB/s	DQ Read 12 DQ Write 9.63 DQ Mixed 3.78 500% 8.46 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 0420 F3-12800CL8-4GBRM KHX1600C10D3/8GX 0420 F3-12800CL8-4GBRM 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	69.1% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 20.9 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 22.7 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 69%

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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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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $640

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