Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.3% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '18 at 17:58
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 264 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 714 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 115 Parallax 95.8 88% 106 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 101 81% 98.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 111 104 121 117 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 413 Write 133 Mixed 183 SusWrite 114 46% 211 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 38.8 167% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 102 94% 145 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 79%
OCZ Trion 150 120GB-$50 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 80GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 90 91 90 90 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 473 Mixed 368 SusWrite 112 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 43.4 170% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 175 181% 295 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 89%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 593GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 94 94 94 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 107 Write 106 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 93.5 71% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 85%
WD WD6402AAEX-00Z3A0 640GB 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 466GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 126 127 127 127 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 141 Write 123 Mixed 108 SusWrite 127 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 200% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.9 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 17.7 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 63%

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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	1,155x
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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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $640

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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