Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.7% 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 (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '21 at 18:54
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 79 1-Core 107 2-Core 213 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 380 55% 402 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Lighting 84.8 Reflection 91 Parallax 80.4 69% 85.4 fps	MRender 77.6 Gravity 79.1 Splatting 71.1 62% 75.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 690GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 299 300 307 314 323 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 327 Write 317 Mixed 295 SusWrite 292 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 35.6 118% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 212 161% 218 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 698GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 183 181 183 181 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 161 Mixed 88.4 SusWrite 180 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 571GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 110 109 111 110 109 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 174 Write 155 Mixed 104 SusWrite 109 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1867, 1600, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.6% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.4 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 82.4 49% 82.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 66%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 19: 2R 2G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
19%	15%	48	109	5	144	24"	1920 1080	ACI24E1 VG248

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

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 $129Bench 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: $639

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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