Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	11.1% 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	51.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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 (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140128
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '17 at 22:13
Run Duration	302 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	60%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Memory 60.5 1-Core 34.9 2-Core 59.3 35% 51.6 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 365 35% 288 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Sapphire(174B 1482) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Lighting 14.5 Reflection 10.6 Parallax 12.3 12% 12.5 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 12.6 10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24114 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 697 (B1) Unknown 83 83 602 (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 70 60 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 106 (F1) Unknown 99 99 60180329867	51.7% Above average	Read 435 Write 84.9 Mixed 160 49% 227 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 51.8 4K Mixed 14.2 79% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 90.4 DQ Mixed 59.1 63% 107 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 116%
WD Re 3TB (2012)-$55 2,104 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 147 143 11616 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1745 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10176 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 484 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1712 (C2) HDA temperature 126 110 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	92.7% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 154 Mixed 153 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 3.08 4K Mixed 0.61 154% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 96%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 796GB free Firmware: 2AR1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 224 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 88 3455 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4301 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6906 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 190 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 684 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 62 163209674775 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 15882 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 190 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 180182	50.6% Above average	Read 69.2 Write 107 Mixed 104 71% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.33 80% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 59%
Samsung HM641JI 640GB-$50 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 263GB free Firmware: 2AJ1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 136 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 91 2722 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4555 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23953 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 99 99 1093 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 923 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 263 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 59 180389543958 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 247 (DF) Load/unload retry count 99 99 1093 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 45 45 557016	40% Average	Read 69.8 Write 69.6 Mixed 55 48% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.34 79% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 50%
WD Re 3TB (2012)-$55 2,104 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 218GB free Firmware: 01.01K02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 155 146 11208 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5465 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11750 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 484 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5429 (C2) HDA temperature 126 113 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	65.8% Good	Read 101 Write 128 Mixed 63.4 72% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 0.39 112% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 96%
WD Re 3TB (2012)-$55 2,104 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 40GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 154 10925 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5469 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 21973 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 506 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5432 (C2) HDA temperature 132 114 20 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 53% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,126 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25.8 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 7.7 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.1% 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	1,152x
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 $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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Total price: $640

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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