Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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 (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	17.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '19 at 01:58
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 78.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 206 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 512 55% 440 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2982) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.2% Good	Lighting 81.9 Reflection 89.8 Parallax 78.2 67% 83.3 fps	MRender 82.5 Gravity 75.9 Splatting 71.7 62% 76.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 91 66 94 92 158 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 351 Write 284 Mixed 280 SusWrite 109 57% 256 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 33.1 4K Mixed 14.5 56% 20.3 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 121 121% 191 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 97%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 214GB free Firmware: CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 328 243 206 179 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 463 Write 385 Mixed 337 SusWrite 231 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 9.6 4K Write 19 4K Mixed 23.1 54% 17.2 MB/s	DQ Read 50.7 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 71.9 84% 136 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 89%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 617GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 154 154 151 155 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 159 Mixed 116 SusWrite 154 112% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 319GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 130 132 129 133 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 125 Write 127 Mixed 111 SusWrite 131 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 219% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-8GXM 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-1600C9-8GXM 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 24GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	43.3% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 14.6 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 11.7 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 83.6 48% 83.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	1,161x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	410x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	187x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	185x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	176x

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	51x

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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $640

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16