Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	68.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.8% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131213
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '19 at 03:16
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 73 1-Core 122 2-Core 215 76% 137 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 545 56% 452 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.91% Terrible	Lighting 4.07 Reflection 7.62 Parallax 6.66 3% 6.11 fps	MRender 6 Gravity 2.67 Splatting 8.83 5% 5.83 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.91% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.4% Good	Lighting 87.3 Reflection 77.3 Parallax 70.1 71% 78.2 fps	MRender 89 Gravity 78.1 Splatting 68.3 63% 78.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 244 249 240 246 254 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 342 Write 331 Mixed 288 SusWrite 251 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 42.3 150% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 173 140% 199 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 118%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 179 179 179 181 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 187 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 179 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.3 402% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 2,895 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.7% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 13.8 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 7.7 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 94.5 42% 94.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 82%

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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%

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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