Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98% 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	63.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '20 at 13:18
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th 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, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 254 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 508 68% 507 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 1F08) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3950 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 111 Parallax 111 103% 116 fps	MRender 152 Gravity 103 Splatting 81.9 88% 112 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 112 101 115 109 114 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 415 Write 106 Mixed 124 SusWrite 106 41% 188 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 17.9 108% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 88.8 DQ Mixed 48.7 77% 155 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 73%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 184GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 386 476 340 322 322 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 423 Mixed 442 SusWrite 371 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 46.8 173% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 129%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 152 152 152 151 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 132 Write 129 Mixed 82.7 SusWrite 150 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.8 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 22.2 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 71%

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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%

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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 $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