Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '18 at 17:32
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	61%

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PC Performing as expected (43^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 95.9 1-Core 104 2-Core 190 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 313 8-Core 420 46% 367 Pts	64-Core 486 30% 486 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 146 Parallax 127 109% 136 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 132 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 313GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 170 148 149 145 143 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 358 Write 335 Mixed 318 SusWrite 156 66% 292 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 42.7 140% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 238 180% 243 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 232GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 274 276 275 275 275 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 460 Mixed 400 SusWrite 291 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 44.5 150% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 233 211% 320 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 118%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 119GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 200 226 228 230 229 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 342 Write 307 Mixed 243 SusWrite 215 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 47.9 4K Mixed 21.2 80% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 79.3 DQ Mixed 122 96% 137 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 76%
TDKMedia Trans-It Drive 16GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 14GB free, PID 0624 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 4.8 6.7 8 4.6 5.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	3.97% Terrible	Read 14.2 Write 4 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 5.5 10% 8.05 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 14% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 3.97% Great: 10%
SanDisk Cruzer 16GB 5,058 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 11GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.7 6.5 6.3 5.8 7.1 5.5 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	9.23% Terrible	Read 22 Write 12.3 Mixed 12.8 SusWrite 5.8 16% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.1 95% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.23% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 9,036 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.8 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 20.5 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 84%

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Typical MAXIMUS VI HERO Builds (Compare 2,359 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,152x
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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Total price: $639

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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