Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics110% 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 Drive58.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VI HERO  (all builds)
Memory28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140605
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 26 '19 at 00:47
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User GRC-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
78.7% Very good
Memory 87.2
1-Core 113
2-Core 202
78% 134 Pts
4-Core 379
8-Core 595
60% 487 Pts
64-Core 605
37% 605 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 78.7%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Lighting 145
Reflection 150
Parallax 121
118% 139 fps
MRender 118
Gravity 142
Splatting 112
101% 124 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 110%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC300 480GB-$85
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 507KC4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 200 191 195 205 195 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
58.2% Above average
Read 365
Write 248
Mixed 296
SusWrite 195
62% 276 MB/s
4K Read 21.5
4K Write 22.1
4K Mixed 25.6
77% 23.1 MB/s
DQ Read 231
DQ Write 97.6
DQ Mixed 107
94% 145 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 58.2%
Great: 68%
WD Blue 500GB-$94
79GB free
Firmware: X41100WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 226 230 272 265 271 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
64.2% Good
Read 452
Write 291
Mixed 171
SusWrite 237
64% 288 MB/s
4K Read 26.1
4K Write 56.8
4K Mixed 17.5
92% 33.5 MB/s
DQ Read 145
DQ Write 55.5
DQ Mixed 60.3
55% 86.9 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 64.2%
Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
546GB free
Firmware: CC29
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 163 163 161 162 162 MB/s
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
92.5% Outstanding
Read 162
Write 96.4
Mixed 84.2
SusWrite 161
92% 126 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 92.5%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8GX KHX1600C9D3/8GX KHX1600C9D3/8GX 0423 Dark-1600 32GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
51.4% Above average
MC Read 18
MC Write 18.3
MC Mixed 15.2
49% 17.2 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 19.9
SC Mixed 18.1
50% 17.6 GB/s
Latency 70.3
57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 51.4%
Great: 51%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS VI HERO Builds (Compare 2,364 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO - $190

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Good Total price: $640
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