Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 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 67.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '18 at 22:48
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing way below expectations (16^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 below expectations (6^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Memory 67.5 1-Core 89.8 2-Core 214 67% 124 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 526 56% 444 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 148 Parallax 147 108% 143 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 133 Splatting 101 91% 113 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 480GB-$180 3,042 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 153 135 27 103 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 336 Write 238 Mixed 282 SusWrite 110 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 20.5 4K Mixed 14.9 68% 20.2 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 95.8 DQ Mixed 115 94% 137 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 69%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 74GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 198 223 275 227 231 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 338 Write 333 Mixed 275 SusWrite 224 66% 292 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 41.7 139% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 238 176% 232 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 343GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 154 155 155 155 154 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 153 Write 149 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 154 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 3,028 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.4% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 14.6 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 12.5 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 79%

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

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Typical MAXIMUS VI HERO Builds (Compare 2,359 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,152x
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 $129Bench 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: $639

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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