Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.5% 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	55.2% 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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '16 at 21:41
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790T 1,099 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 80 1-Core 94.8 2-Core 190 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 502 52% 416 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.155.4 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 59.4 39% 46.3 fps	MRender 30.3 Gravity 46.5 Splatting 39.5 32% 38.7 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNH512GCST 512GB 323 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 239GB free (System drive) Firmware: HTGA Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 353 Write 112 Mixed 217 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 21.5 89% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 99 92% 144 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 106%
Hitachi HUS726060ALE614 6TB 343 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 6TB free Firmware: APGNW517 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 133 133 38687015405 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 388 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1508 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 241 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 444 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 444 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 240519217195 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	70.6% Very good	Read 125 Write 120 Mixed 78.7 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 2.88 4K Mixed 0.4 141% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 119%
Hitachi HUS726060ALE614 6TB 343 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 6TB free Firmware: APGNW517 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 131 131 38687670772 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 713 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1240 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 240 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 725 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 725 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 223339348004 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	56.8% Above average	Read 117 Write 80 Mixed 92.3 73% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.39 118% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 119%
WD WD6001FSYZ-01SS7B0 6TB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4TB free Firmware: ER02 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 237 Mixed 178 147% 196 MB/s	4K Read 2.36 4K Write 3.16 4K Mixed 0.33 193% 1.95 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 122%
Toshiba MG03ACA400 4TB 722 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 783GB free Firmware: FL1A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 11994 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1361 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 3636 (0A) Spinup retry count 127 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 621 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 10 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1640 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 253403922454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 94 94 2679 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 106 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	70.8% Very good	Read 138 Write 109 Mixed 56.6 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.45 120% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 96%
Seagate FreeAgent 1.5TB 1,031 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 412GB free, PID 3008 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 40.7 Write 40.9 Mixed 26.6 45% 36.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.34 58% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-026.A00LF 4x4GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	48% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 15.4 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 54%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

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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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $640

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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