Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


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.
Processor	With 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	138% 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 Drive	78.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '18 at 00:13
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 201 79% 134 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 435 49% 383 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2907 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 198 Reflection 205 Parallax 209 161% 204 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 189 Splatting 127 120% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 228 197 208 213 192 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 310 Write 299 Mixed 274 SusWrite 230 63% 278 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 50 4K Mixed 41.1 132% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 234 177% 239 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 214GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 113 113 112 112 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 157 Write 157 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 112 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.2 219% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 319GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 95 95 94 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 87.5 Write 82.7 Mixed 39 SusWrite 94.9 56% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 61%
USB 2.0 Flash Drive 4GB 147 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 1170 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.3 2.3 6.9 6.6 6.8 6.7 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	5.26% Terrible	Read 16.5 Write 8 Mixed 10 SusWrite 5.9 12% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 25% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.26% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D169DS3.16FE 2x8GB 1,803 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17.5 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 63%

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Typical MAXIMUS VI HERO Builds (Compare 2,364 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	1,155x
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 $300	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 $45	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