Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	15.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	18GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 18GB 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 18 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140605
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '17 at 23:22
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 72.9 1-Core 96.3 2-Core 186 67% 119 Pts	4-Core 307 8-Core 414 46% 361 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% MSI(1462 3414) CLim: 1440 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	15.5% Very poor	Lighting 0.13 Reflection 63.2 Parallax 76.4 0% 46.6 fps	MRender 60 Gravity 57 Splatting 51.5 46% 56.2 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 759GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 113 76 7325 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4104 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18790 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3996 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 178 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 105 105 286403 (C2) HDA temperature 118 106 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	58.5% Above average	Read 108 Write 95.9 Mixed 95.6 75% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.29 79% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 57%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 246GB free Firmware: JA0OA710 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 186 100 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1395 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 196632 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 6253 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1282 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 99 917505 (BC) Unknown 100 100 450986835969 (BE) vendor-specific 73 52 438042651 (BF) G-sense error rate 96 96 1084 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8781958 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 94047 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	43.4% Average	Read 71.4 Write 79.7 Mixed 70.3 56% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.15 53% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 57%
Hitachi HTS545025B9A300 250GB 8,875 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: PB2OC64G Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 215 215 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2950 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 4213 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2931 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 155 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 38397 (C2) HDA temperature 189 189 197569347613 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	36.5% Below average	Read 63.4 Write 63.9 Mixed 56.3 46% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.27 64% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 Elpida EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 18GB 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 8192, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.3% Average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 13.2 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 10.8 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 94.8 42% 94.8 ns

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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 $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 $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