Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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.
Boot Drive	95.2% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '17 at 00:21
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 0.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 505 67% 502 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4332 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8548) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1741 MHz, MLim: 2125 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 373.6 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 136 Parallax 126 106% 131 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 118 Splatting 108 91% 112 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 23GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5965 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 499 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 56 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 36 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2980514101
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 33279 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 496 (E8) Unknown 100 100 108536132017 (E9) Unknown 82 0 82	95.2% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 359 Mixed 275 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 24.1 155% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 58.1 91% 176 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 104%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 662GB free Firmware: MS2OA610 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 74 (03) Spinup time 115 115 12897878215 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1886 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 35264 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 845 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2500 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2500 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 214749282340 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	90.6% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 160 Mixed 104 104% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.15 62% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 29.3 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 27.7 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 47.2 85% 47.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 86%

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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	1,152x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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