Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	66.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '17 at 18:59
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 238 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 666 67% 543 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel X25-M 40GB 1,808 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 62GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14356 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3645 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 400 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 159555 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 4113462 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 955002309 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	33.5% Below average	Read 185 Write 40 Mixed 66.4 21% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 41.5 4K Mixed 7.05 70% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 41.3 DQ Mixed 44.8 45% 75.1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 36%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 10943 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1373 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 13 (A8) Unknown 100 100 320 (A9) Unknown 100 100 102 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 209 (AE) Unknown 100 100 268 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 35 150324969497 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1632 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 27355 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10139 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8969 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	66.8% Good	Read 399 Write 204 Mixed 266 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 16.7 107% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 39.2 64% 124 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 13GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2001 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 410 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 61 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3134850140	119% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 414 Mixed 419 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 48.1 190% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 117 146% 262 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 300GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 175 3833 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4169 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21513 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2390 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 242 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3926 (C2) HDA temperature 118 101 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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.3% Very good	Read 140 Write 108 Mixed 109 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.35 104% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 747 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	70% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.6 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 22.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 71%

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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 $127Bench 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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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $640

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