Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 47%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	28% 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	91.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII 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	20151028
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '16 at 21:18
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	100%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	47% Average	Memory 48.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 179 60% 110 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 342 37% 294 Pts	64-Core 323 20% 323 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 3615) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 373.6 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28% Poor	Lighting 33.1 Reflection 32 Parallax 37.2 27% 34.1 fps	MRender 43.3 Gravity 30.8 Splatting 35.9 30% 36.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 960GB-$59 4,389 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 494GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 868 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15971 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1220 (AA) Unknown 100 100 18 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 25 (AE) Unknown 100 100 617 (B5) Unknown 100 100 4574150919045 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 719 (C2) HDA temperature 64 229 549747687460 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4294967295 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 18 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	96.2% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 413 Mixed 443 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 29.7 134% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 49.2 90% 177 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 101%
Toshiba THNSNF128GCSS 128GB 2,061 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: FSLAN102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 7635 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 788 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 180 180 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 91 (C2) HDA temperature 67 52 206158692385 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	91.8% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 419 Mixed 459 103% 463 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 34.5 107% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 154 147% 231 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 90%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 3.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 164 Write 117 Mixed 92.7 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 4.37 4K Mixed 0.61 187% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 87%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB-$63 6,344 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2TB free Firmware: MKAOA3B0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 88 (03) Spinup time 124 124 51580306029 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8205 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 133 133 27 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 26931 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1790 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 13022 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 13022 (C2) HDA temperature 136 136 253403725868 (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	74.8% Very good	Read 140 Write 121 Mixed 111 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.3 85% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 87%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 246 241 9691 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6165 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16078 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 121 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 105 105 285697 (C2) HDA temperature 113 97 39 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.2% Average	Read 93.4 Write 78 Mixed 103 69% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.21 72% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 892GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 247 240 9616 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5328 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 16032 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 119 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 116 116 253746 (C2) HDA temperature 110 97 42 (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 5 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.9% Above average	Read 111 Write 94.1 Mixed 101 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.17 59% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 83%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB-$63 6,344 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 751GB free Firmware: MKAOA3B0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 88 (03) Spinup time 127 127 51579388511 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 28907 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 133 133 27 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 37821 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2920 (C0) Power-off retract count 76 76 29483 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 29483 (C2) HDA temperature 133 133 253403725869 (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	53.5% Above average	Read 78.5 Write 108 Mixed 75.5 65% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.26 71% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.8% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 14.1 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 9.3 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 165 24% 165 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 85%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,668x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	310x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	524x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	253x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	197x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	172x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	125x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	182x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	158x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	101x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $708

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 $46

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