Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	70.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '18 at 19:44
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 693 73% 583 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6698) ≥ 4GB; 11G-P4-6698-KR CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.24 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 61.6 Reflection 71.2 Parallax 57.8 50% 63.5 fps	Gravity 58.3 Splatting 81.7 64% 70 fps
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OSC 512G 512GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 361GB free Firmware: SSD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 56 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 71 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 82 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 17 (A3) Unknown 100 100 52 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2746 (A5) Unknown 100 100 21 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 6 (94) Unknown 100 100 3426 (95) Unknown 100 100 150 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 100 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 54 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 56 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 85 (F1) Unknown 100 100 34576 (F2) Unknown 100 100 27429 (F5) Unknown 100 100 87872	106% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 476 Mixed 498 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 35.2 143% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 86.5 120% 220 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 358GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 26945 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2734 (B1) Unknown 97 97 27 (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 66 42 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 553 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17420970986	70.2% Very good	Read 500 Write 310 Mixed 259 78% 356 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 13.9 100% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 87.5 DQ Mixed 14.2 23% 42.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 89%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 156GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 16957 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1243 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12889096238 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 45 (A8) Unknown 100 100 22 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 226 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 43 184684838942 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 90195623957 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 488 (EA) Unknown 100 100 606 (F1) Unknown 253 253 560 (F2) Unknown 253 253 941 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	56.5% Above average	Read 339 Write 255 Mixed 236 61% 277 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 48.4 4K Mixed 15.7 87% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 48.4 DQ Mixed 10.5 16% 28.7 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 108%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 148GB free Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 100 4663 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1266 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2708 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2758 (A9) Unknown 100 100 28 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2734 (AE) Unknown 100 100 266 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 100 287762808871 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 91 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 553781 (F1) Unknown 253 253 19259 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10876	67.5% Good	Read 471 Write 424 Mixed 453 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 31.8 4K Mixed 5.48 71% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 31.5 DQ Mixed 18.1 28% 54.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 86%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 86GB free Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 25460 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2603 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 69 47 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 542 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6073267518	73.8% Very good	Read 495 Write 253 Mixed 167 66% 305 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 15.6 101% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 29.9 70% 150 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 2,608 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27.3 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 27.8 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 88%

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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	1,161x
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 $245Bench 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 $254	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 $163	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