Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	2.78% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	138% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

9 years ago, 9 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kolorÃ³w, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorÃ³w, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorÃ³w
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '14 at 01:32
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 3.5 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 121 2-Core 239 82% 180 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 634 65% 525 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 60% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT 8,099 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 3452) 256MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.3523 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.43% Terrible	Lighting 2.67 Reflection 5.23 Parallax 0.91 2% 2.93 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.43% Great: 2%
Nvidia GeForce GT 430 22,369 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gainward(10B0 1401) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.3523 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	2.78% Terrible	Lighting 3.23 Reflection 4.15 Parallax 2.88 3% 3.42 fps	MRender 4.9 Gravity 3.83 Splatting 2.91 3% 3.88 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.78% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 360GB 1,301 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 1,345 Write 463 Mixed 635 178% 815 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 23.4 128% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 447 DQ Write 397 DQ Mixed 118 172% 321 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 147%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 422GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 50221882 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7172 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 59 55 42957776485 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9913 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4624 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 53 53 47 (BC) Unknown 100 86 30065229884 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 39 116603289638 (C2) HDA temperature 38 61 47244640294 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 36 50221882 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 7 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 7 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 89163521083978 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1250102579 (F2) Unknown 100 253 309152394	42.4% Average	Read 66.9 Write 80.5 Mixed 66.1 54% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.36 90% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 61%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 54GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 248 Write 244 Mixed 205 174% 232 MB/s	4K Read 1.64 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.42 161% 1.51 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 234%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 0GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 117 Write 116 Mixed 22.8 62% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.32 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.42 134% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 212%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO - $190

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,166x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	410x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	299x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	187x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	185x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	176x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	95x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	92x

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	51x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $650

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16