Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.8% 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	118% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '19 at 22:43
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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)	94% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 751 78% 624 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 118 Parallax 116 92% 116 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 103 Splatting 90.3 79% 97 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 443 448 449 430 437 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 444 Mixed 431 SusWrite 434 101% 446 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 56.3 180% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 110 152% 278 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 123%
LDLC 240GB 1,787 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 109GB free Firmware: R0831B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 58 44 45 11 13 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 463 Write 434 Mixed 366 SusWrite 94.5 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 19.4 117% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 84.1 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 21.5 70% 144 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 123%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 28GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 64 61 57 58 58 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 454 Write 368 Mixed 329 SusWrite 85.7 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 40.4 142% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 111 132% 230 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 82%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB 71,657 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free Firmware: SBK2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 111 110 113 114 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 87 Write 132 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 113 71% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.7 206% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 5,391 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.9% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 20.8 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 23.1 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 68.9% 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	1,163x
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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	185x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	176x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 59% - Above average

Total price: $649

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16