Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% 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.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	6000 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '18 at 13:25
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 125 2-Core 250 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 496 66% 496 Pts	64-Core 486 30% 486 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 203 Parallax 196 143% 192 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 179 Splatting 130 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,173 Write 6,835 Mixed 6,846 1,553% 6951 MB/s	4K Read 614 4K Write 334 4K Mixed 416 1,640% 455 MB/s	DQ Read 2,055 DQ Write 1,651 DQ Mixed 502 744% 1,403 MB/s
Poor: 66% Great: 123%
ST3000DM001-1CH166 500GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 236GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 454 485 487 488 489 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 506 Write 487 Mixed 406 SusWrite 476 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 68.1 234% 84.7 MB/s	DQ Read 50.4 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 70.8 93% 157 MB/s
Poor: 100% Great: 133%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$51 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 567GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 147 146 146 147 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 164 Write 156 Mixed 104 SusWrite 147 105% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$75 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 116 117 120 119 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	80% Very good	Read 162 Write 159 Mixed 78 SusWrite 117 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 26.7 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 24.7 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 82%

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Typical MAXIMUS VI HERO Builds (Compare 2,402 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,177x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	415x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	299x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	188x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	185x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	179x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	97x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	94x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	93x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	88x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	65x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	51x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $647

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363