Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	122% 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	58.3% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130819
Uptime	8.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '18 at 00:27
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (55^th 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 (82^nd percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 199 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 609 59% 483 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 189 Parallax 188 137% 182 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 168 Splatting 121 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 88 53 82 83 44 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 366 Write 195 Mixed 222 SusWrite 77.3 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 19.3 114% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 58.6 62% 104 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 72%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 97GB free Firmware: X21000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 258 284 275 280 308 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 372 Write 362 Mixed 252 SusWrite 271 71% 314 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 41.1 154% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 155 140% 214 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 441GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 118 122 123 123 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 127 Write 124 Mixed 65 SusWrite 121 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 70%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 123GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 55 55 57 54 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 95.3 Write 92.5 Mixed 68 SusWrite 55.4 58% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 136% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.6 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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