Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131030
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '18 at 22:35
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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)	81% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 614 60% 491 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$265 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.8% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 140 Parallax 130 103% 132 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 122 Splatting 102 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4423 Write 3,197 Mixed 3,648 835% 3,756 MB/s	4K Read 266 4K Write 228 4K Mixed 204 785% 233 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 924 DQ Mixed 256 297% 489 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 173GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 276 229 210 143 218 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 353 Write 336 Mixed 225 SusWrite 223 64% 284 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 36.8 135% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 153 139% 213 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 107%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 265GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 384 288 281 279 280 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 441 Mixed 318 SusWrite 319 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 47.9 176% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 48 114% 238 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%
Seagate ST10000NE0004-1ZF101 10TB 308 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 3TB free Firmware: EN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 173 173 175 175 175 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 148 Mixed 94.5 SusWrite 165 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 7.9 4K Mixed 0.9 350% 3.77 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 131%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 191GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 86 85 86 86 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 94.4 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 84.8 64% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 849GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 118 120 122 120 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 124 Write 98.8 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 119 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 32GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.2 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 21.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 61%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO - $190

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,160x
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 $265Bench 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	51x

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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $640

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	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