Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	138% 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.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '18 at 01:47
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	BIH-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 97.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 649 67% 539 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6699) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 198 Reflection 204 Parallax 207 161% 203 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 191 Splatting 127 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$217 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 613GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,639 Write 6,832 Mixed 6,738 1,577% 7,070 MB/s	4K Read 909 4K Write 409 4K Mixed 469 2,194% 596 MB/s	DQ Read 1,602 DQ Write 1099 DQ Mixed 1,180 927% 1,294 MB/s
Poor: 77% Great: 124%
WD Re 2TB (2012)-$29 5,893 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 685GB free Firmware: 01.01K01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 129 131 132 132 132 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 133 Write 127 Mixed 83.4 SusWrite 131 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.2 226% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25.8 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 27.6 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 46.4 86% 46.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 82%

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Typical MAXIMUS VI HERO Builds (Compare 2,358 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 $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 $131	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