Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.7% 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	99.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '18 at 02:14
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 235 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 497 58% 453 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4993) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 108 Parallax 98 83% 102 fps	MRender 91.2 Gravity 95.1 Splatting 78 71% 88.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 499GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 136% 245GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 914 Write 333 Mixed 262 109% 503 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 18.4 109% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 48.1 90% 176 MB/s
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 170%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 174 Mixed 156 130% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.34 101% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 189275664 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 817 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8830401 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2311 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 421 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 62 504954907 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24924 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 68719476763 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -97710505983071 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6113993195 (F2) Unknown 100 253 273088236829	91.2% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 146 Mixed 136 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.17 74% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 194623840 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 821 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2475470 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2311 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 418 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 8590065674 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 73 62 521797659 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10871 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 73014444059 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 8194797602275 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5323967582 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14822713382	107% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 178 Mixed 158 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.18 70% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 650GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 74 51 3049702 (03) Spinup time 203 163 4808 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6135 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35715 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4187 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 181 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6086 (C2) HDA temperature 122 98 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 192 64 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 346 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.8% Average	Read 79.2 Write 69.7 Mixed 71.5 55% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.24 72% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 7,967 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 24.1 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 79%

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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	1,161x
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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	185x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	176x

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	51x

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Total price: $640

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16