Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


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 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.7% 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	55.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 9 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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131030
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '17 at 16:47
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	51%

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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 i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 477 63% 474 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 121 Parallax 114 89% 114 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$277 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC11.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 34 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9940 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 176 (A2) Unknown 100 100 476 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524323 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 34 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6818 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11065	55.4% Above average	Read 369 Write 177 Mixed 201 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 9.12 83% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 87.3 DQ Mixed 40.2 58% 110 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 230GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 65640344 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 53 53 48687 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 8658135209 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 30896 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 333 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131074 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 622198817 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 37 37 126763 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 60129542177 (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 -39195871536378 (F1) Unknown 100 253 58860022460 (F2) Unknown 100 253 57703193509	97% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 160 Mixed 91.3 106% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.26 75% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 170GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 2163616 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 75 75 25771 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12156783 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36263 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 405 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 42950393870 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 48 4850057249 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 69724 (C2) HDA temperature 33 52 -140737488355295 (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 -102619653600168 (F1) Unknown 100 253 65516516557106 (F2) Unknown 100 253 111034185591919	71.7% Very good	Read 118 Write 132 Mixed 132 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.28 80% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 130GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 88589736 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16391 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 54 54 60133803224 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27328 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 300 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 262148 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 72 60 4766171164 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 36961 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 -140737488355300 (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 -20873541057197 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21413355786 (F2) Unknown 100 253 38859079680	70.9% Very good	Read 120 Write 127 Mixed 144 99% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.31 78% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 113%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 37GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 177 5933 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15871 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22357 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 260 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16056 (C2) HDA temperature 124 111 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	58.2% Above average	Read 112 Write 91.2 Mixed 98.5 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 88%
Intenso USB 3.0 Device 2TB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 19GB free Firmware: 0 Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 124 Write 109 Mixed 94.3 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.17 100% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 4,968 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 26.6 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 24.8 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 79%

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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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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