Asus MAXIMUS VI EXTREME

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	40.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI EXTREME (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '16 at 01:40
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 691 70% 567 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Device(0000 0000) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5891 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Lighting 14.3 Reflection 17.5 Parallax 13.4 12% 15.1 fps	MRender 5.95 Gravity 15.5 Splatting 17.7 11% 13 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-vertex PLUS R2 247GB 489 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2817 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 970 (E8) Unknown 100 100 66736 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	40.3% Average	Read 199 Write 225 Mixed 195 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 7.77 55% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 78.6 DQ Write 46.9 DQ Mixed 7 20% 44.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 47%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 866GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 162 6883 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1087 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 133 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12856 (C2) HDA temperature 121 99 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.3% Average	Read 92.2 Write 75.9 Mixed 83.4 63% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.13 64% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 59%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 235GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 158 6858 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8964 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15384 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3992 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 332 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8945 (C2) HDA temperature 116 98 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	35.8% Below average	Read 61.3 Write 63.2 Mixed 64.5 48% 63 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.38 101% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX4GX3M1A1600C7 0118 Kingston 9905403-174.A00LF Kingston 9905403-174.A00LF 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1600, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.2% Average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 12.4 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 13.4 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 40%

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Gaming 77%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 63%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI EXTREME - $580

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	197x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	136x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	18x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	39x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	23x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	22x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBCorsairBench 63%, 2,608 samples	13x
HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 5,910 samples	12x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	11x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $975

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16