Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.8% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '18 at 15:37
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 96.5 2-Core 254 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 683 68% 556 Pts	64-Core 679 42% 679 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.5% Very good	Lighting 97.9 Reflection 111 Parallax 94.1 80% 101 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 93.9 Splatting 98.3 79% 96.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 275 276 265 258 252 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 409 Write 288 Mixed 274 SusWrite 266 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 37.6 159% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 273 216% 300 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 95%
Samsung Portable SSD T1 500GB 503 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 190GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 343 366 370 371 371 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 401 Write 387 Mixed 352 SusWrite 358 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 28.5 92% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 105 88% 125 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 77%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 442GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 176 177 176 176 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 172 Mixed 110 SusWrite 177 118% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 1.7 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%
WD My Passport 07A8 1TB 5,659 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 878GB free, PID 07a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 106 105 108 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 112 Write 117 Mixed 66 SusWrite 107 135% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.8 121% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 46%

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 (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28% Poor	MC Read 8.7 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 7.8 25% 8.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 8.2 25% 8.67 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28% 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	1,155x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 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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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $640

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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