Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	79.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131213
Uptime	9.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '18 at 19:46
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	36%

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 above expectations (77^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 113 2-Core 216 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 619 59% 488 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250E 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Sapphire(174B A001) 1GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	9% Terrible	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 13.7 Parallax 13.6 8% 12.5 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 9.03 Splatting 16.2 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsun 840 PRO Seri 256GB 131 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 82 83 78 74 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 361 Write 116 Mixed 244 SusWrite 83.6 44% 201 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 41.5 154% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 151 149% 242 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 114%
WD WD20EARX-22PASB0 2TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 745GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 96 101 100 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 59 Write 65.7 Mixed 72.6 SusWrite 99.2 55% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 50%
WD WD20EARS-00S8B1 2TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 355GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 65 67 69 68 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 66.8 Write 62.1 Mixed 41.3 SusWrite 67.4 44% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 53%
Seagate Expansion 1.5TB 4,842 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 124 124 124 125 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 111 Write 72 Mixed 67.4 SusWrite 123 69% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.7 190% 2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 66%
WD WD30EZRX-00DC0B0 3TB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 350GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 76 79 81 79 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 75 Write 69.8 Mixed 57.4 SusWrite 78.5 52% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 83%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 171GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 61 61 61 61 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	29.1% Poor	Read 63.9 Write 64.4 Mixed 42.7 SusWrite 61 78% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,062 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.1% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 63%

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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	1,166x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	410x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	299x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	187x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	185x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	176x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	95x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	92x

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: 59% - Above average

Total price: $650

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16