Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 18%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics14.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive73.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VI HERO  (all builds)
Memory8.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140128
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateDec 01 '18 at 14:41
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
90% Excellent
Memory 95.3
1-Core 125
2-Core 250
88% 156 Pts
4-Core 487
8-Core 502
66% 495 Pts
64-Core 500
31% 500 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 90%
Great: 79%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450
Sapphire(174B E164) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
1.15% Terrible
Lighting 1.37
Reflection 1.88
Parallax 1.62
1% 1.63 fps
MRender 1.81
Gravity 0.83
Splatting 1.74
1% 1.46 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 1.15%
Great: 1%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200
CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
14.1% Very poor
Lighting 16
Reflection 18.5
Parallax 15
13% 16.5 fps
MRender 22.9
Gravity 16
Splatting 20.9
16% 19.9 fps
Poor: 43%
This bench: 14.1%
Great: 54%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
47GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 505CUA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 126 92 111 91 91 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
73.4% Very good
Read 185
Write 191
Mixed 215
SusWrite 110
40% 175 MB/s
4K Read 32.3
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 39.5
159% 61.3 MB/s
DQ Read 266
DQ Write 222
DQ Mixed 148
137% 212 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 73.4%
Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$33
649GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 167 166 163 167 168 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
96.6% Outstanding
Read 170
Write 162
Mixed 91.2
SusWrite 166
108% 147 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.2
235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 96.6%
Great: 108%
Seagate FreeAgent Pro 320GB
182GB free, PID 3010
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 41 41 40 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
20% Very poor
Read 35
Write 41.2
Mixed 29
SusWrite 40.8
50% 36.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
91% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 9%
This bench: 20%
Great: 20%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 3x4GB
3 of 4 slots used
12GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
54.1% Above average
MC Read 18.7
MC Write 19.4
MC Mixed 15.9
51% 18 GB/s
SC Read 15.8
SC Write 19.9
SC Mixed 16.3
50% 17.3 GB/s
Latency 56.3
71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 54.1%
Great: 65%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical MAXIMUS VI HERO Builds (Compare 2,375 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VI HERO - $190

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 59% - Above average Total price: $650
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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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