Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.1% 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	102% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	May 24 '18 at 02:59
Run Duration	601 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 107 2-Core 203 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 562 57% 461 Pts	64-Core 558 34% 558 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 118 Parallax 117 91% 115 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 101 Splatting 88.1 77% 94.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$123 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7796 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 37 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 63 57 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16600331749	102% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 395 Mixed 247 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 43.7 156% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 91.2 98% 166 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 133%
PNY SSD2SC120GD1DH16T-T 120GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 220GB free Firmware: 507ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3269402 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -40295383168593 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 879 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 317 (B1) Unknown 0 0 14 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 39 47 1073744904231 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3269402 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3269402 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3269402 (E6) GMR head amplitude 90 90 90 (E7) Temperature 86 86 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 75383 (EA) Unknown 0 0 27521 (F1) Unknown 0 0 27521 (F2) Unknown 0 0 46252	33.7% Below average	Read 514 Write 3.7 Mixed 3.56 36% 174 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.9 48% 10.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 69%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2TB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 220 216 8991 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2419 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 35828 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 506 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 305 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2417 (C2) HDA temperature 109 87 41 (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
Poor: 35% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2TB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 225 220 8741 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2277 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 35794 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 500 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 300 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2275 (C2) HDA temperature 111 85 39 (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
Poor: 35% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2TB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 228 223 8558 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2742 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27373 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 434 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2741 (C2) HDA temperature 111 84 39 (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
Poor: 35% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 47GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 175 170 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4264 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35062 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 617 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 351 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4218 (C2) HDA temperature 110 92 33 (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	87.7% Excellent	Read 144 Write 161 Mixed 122 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.32 103% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 44GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3256 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22488 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 223 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3139 (C2) HDA temperature 109 92 34 (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	87.6% Excellent	Read 148 Write 157 Mixed 101 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.33 108% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 109%
Generic- SD/MMC 197GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 131GB free, PID 0109 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 16.3 Write 18 Mixed 14.3 21% 16.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.28 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 1.75 162% 3.16 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 16%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 64GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 19GB free, PID 0082 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 74.1 Write 86.5 Mixed 38.2 83% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.84 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.72 72% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 24GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.7 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 19.7 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 64%

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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	1,161x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	410x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	187x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	185x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	176x

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	51x

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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $640

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16