Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.82% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	78.8% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '21 at 00:45
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 86.4 2-Core 229 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 616 66% 528 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Device(1642 3E56) 2GB CLim: 921 MHz, MLim: 500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 471.55 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	5.82% Terrible	Lighting 7.3 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 8.7 6% 8.73 fps	MRender 5.2 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 7.4 6% 6.67 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.82% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 250GB SSD 2,686 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900J13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 34 34 34 34 29 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 419 Write 449 Mixed 389 SusWrite 79.8 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 39.9 145% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 186 168% 250 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 105%
Mushkin HS SSD 64GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 27GB free Firmware: 1819 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 152 154 143 122 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 177 Write 145 Mixed 123 SusWrite 139 33% 146 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 12.2 4K Mixed 14.9 65% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 55.5 DQ Write 12.3 DQ Mixed 15.5 16% 27.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 36%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 466GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 183 184 184 185 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 210 Write 173 Mixed 88.3 SusWrite 184 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 243% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 109%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 114 117 118 118 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 70.2 Write 87 Mixed 66.1 SusWrite 116 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.7 187% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 63%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 46GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 100 100 100 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 104 Write 100 Mixed 69.6 SusWrite 99.8 69% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 173% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 76%
Seagate ST320LM000 HM321HI 320GB 1,046 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 79GB free Firmware: 2AJ10003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 59 60 60 60 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 50.7 Write 15.6 Mixed 38.9 SusWrite 58.5 30% 40.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 45: 8R 1G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
45%	11%	99	51	7	60	21.5"	1920 1080	SAM0C2D S22E310

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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	1,152x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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