Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	0.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130701
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 05:44
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Memory 71.2 1-Core 88.9 2-Core 166 63% 109 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 460 46% 374 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% XFX(1682 9290) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.5% Poor	Lighting 26.1 Reflection 29.6 Parallax 20 21% 25.3 fps	MRender 31.6 Gravity 19.6 Splatting 46.2 28% 32.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB 2,100 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21598 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2142 (B1) Unknown 80 80 234 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 47 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 107 (F1) Unknown 99 99 68081764588	74.7% Very good	Read 509 Write 193 Mixed 89.5 57% 264 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 45.1 4K Mixed 25.5 115% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 40.1 DQ Mixed 24.8 58% 130 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 33496760 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3292 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1907982 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5619 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 211 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 52 706084902 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 61310 (C2) HDA temperature 38 48 64424509478 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -76102525515079 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1771843230 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2461065190	99.8% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 161 Mixed 164 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.22 81% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 511GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 91 91961948 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2452 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 164184947 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21570 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2144 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 313 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 50 739639335 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1146 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 336685 (C2) HDA temperature 39 50 30064771111 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -131907035579203 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24523922228 (F2) Unknown 100 253 72200956827	83.8% Excellent	Read 159 Write 134 Mixed 117 102% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.24 73% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 1x8GB 567 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	24.6% Poor	MC Read 8.3 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 8.2 25% 8.6 GB/s	SC Read 2.9 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 5.3 13% 4.67 GB/s	Latency 98.6 41% 98.6 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 35%

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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 $127Bench 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 $300	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