Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '22 at 17:29
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 90.8 2-Core 208 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 584 62% 494 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 77.6 Reflection 79.3 Parallax 73.9 63% 76.9 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 76.5 Splatting 71.7 60% 73 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 97 99 93 103 97 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 481 Mixed 348 SusWrite 112 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 52.9 181% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 224 206% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 118%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 88GB free Firmware: SBFM61.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 162 87 87 87 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 474 Write 405 Mixed 389 SusWrite 123 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 37.9 152% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 208 187% 282 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 95%
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$40 6,626 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 49GB free Firmware: P2CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 334 225 247 289 287 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 360 Write 364 Mixed 361 SusWrite 266 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 61.3 206% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 547 363% 432 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 228%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 932GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 35 33 32 32 33 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 44% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 559GB free Firmware: CC97 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 41 40 39 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 10.3 Write 93.7 Mixed 9.4 SusWrite 39.5 28% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.1 30% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 74%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$120 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4.5TB free Firmware: RT18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 129 131 133 132 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 54.4 Write 85.1 Mixed 26.1 SusWrite 130 54% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 7.4 4K Mixed 0.6 241% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 87%
Microsoft Virtual Disk 249GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 232GB free Firmware: 1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 41 40 39 35 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 5.5 Write 117 Mixed 8.8 SusWrite 39.3 31% 42.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.1 36% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0821 16G-D3-2400-MR 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33.8% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9 30% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 11.6 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 34%

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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	1,164x
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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	185x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	176x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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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Total price: $649

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16