Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	38.7% 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	114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '20 at 23:19
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 512 69% 514 Pts	64-Core 489 30% 489 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Palit(1569 1184) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1341 MHz, MLim: 1847 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Lighting 46.4 Reflection 43.4 Parallax 57.1 38% 49 fps	MRender 58.8 Gravity 53.6 Splatting 40.4 41% 50.9 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 300 277 281 279 281 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 471 Mixed 371 SusWrite 275 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 54.9 198% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 299 240% 337 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)-$70 8,846 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 120 120 122 122 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 143 Write 150 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 117 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 113%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 2BC10007 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 125 125 125 125 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 124 Write 95.4 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 121 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 207% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 799GB free Firmware: CC82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 139 133 142 144 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 160 Write 118 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 135 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 114%

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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 26.5 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 25.4 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 46.5 86% 46.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 84%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

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 $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