Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.6% 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	76.9% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '19 at 03:44
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 219 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 577 60% 484 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 91.6 Parallax 167 93% 124 fps	MRender 91.6 Gravity 127 Splatting 131 97% 117 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT09B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 235 254 276 286 236 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 359 Write 311 Mixed 172 SusWrite 252 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 26 118% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 67.3 102% 197 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 89%
Adata Ultimate SU800 2TB-$668 2,601 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 702GB free Firmware: R0427A SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 433 427 419 421 419 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 431 Mixed 370 SusWrite 421 95% 420 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 53.8 181% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 304 244% 342 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 127%
WD WD1001FALS-00U9B0 1TB 3,876 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 119GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 60 60 58 59 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 63.2 Write 55.7 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 59.3 41% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 73%
Seagate ST2000DL004 HD20 2TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 17GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 28 36 36 40 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 85.5 Write 58 Mixed 39 SusWrite 37.1 40% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 73%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 54GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 150 153 147 148 153 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 122 Write 93.5 Mixed 62 SusWrite 150 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 96%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 359GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 159 168 158 167 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 155 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 163 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 323% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.6% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 14.9 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 88%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Sail boat

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