Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88% 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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '16 at 04:22
Run Duration	268 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 223 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 445 54% 417 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8506) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 81 Parallax 71.2 64% 77 fps	MRender 78.4 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 64.7 57% 71 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 300GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 400 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 103 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 64 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 837216289	119% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 413 Mixed 417 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 48.7 192% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 126 149% 261 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 72GB free Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2507133 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -54709293404686 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3512 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 415 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2507133 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2507133 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2507133 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4861 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5213 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5213 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7236	51.8% Above average	Read 181 Write 83.4 Mixed 118 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 14.5 119% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 30.5 48% 90.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 61%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6240 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2172 (B1) Unknown 95 95 57 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 127 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22412971874	88% Excellent	Read 504 Write 348 Mixed 352 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 23 139% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 45 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 22.2 52% 101 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 118%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 406GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 120 114 6958 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7117 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18968 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5012 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 528 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 155 155 136632 (C2) HDA temperature 119 100 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.8% Above average	Read 90.5 Write 89.9 Mixed 86 67% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 72GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 89 127200895 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 12259 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 43 (07) Seek error rate 61 59 412465460538 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17158 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 37 5508 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1243 (BC) Unknown 100 96 1215 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 56 454098971 (C2) HDA temperature 27 44 30064771099 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 18 127200895 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -10952166573587 (F1) Unknown 100 253 217990696 (F2) Unknown 100 253 133448116	58.6% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 108 Mixed 94.8 75% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.5 98% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 18.4 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 61%

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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