Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% 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	74.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '19 at 00:22
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 98.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 275 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 753 78% 625 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2956 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 197 Parallax 187 152% 190 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 182 Splatting 128 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: R211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 98 98 91 90 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 352 Write 119 Mixed 173 SusWrite 95.7 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 39.1 153% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 110 98% 148 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 81%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 68GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 150 149 149 145 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 425 Write 158 Mixed 220 SusWrite 144 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 46 178% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 187 142% 193 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 88%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 679GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 116 120 120 119 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 113 Write 106 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 119 71% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 77%
WD WD30EURX 3TB-$141 1,455 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 117 114 114 114 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 114 Write 109 Mixed 59.2 SusWrite 114 72% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2666 C11 2x8GB 265 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 22 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 22.5 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 43.3 92% 43.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 87%

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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	1,155x
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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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 $40	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