Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	123% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140716
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '17 at 08:56
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 263 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 755 78% 626 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% EVGA(3842 2884) 3GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	54.4% Above average	Lighting 67.1 Reflection 67.5 Parallax 83.6 55% 72.7 fps	MRender 80.2 Gravity 72.1 Splatting 51.7 54% 68 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 164GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11365 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3378 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 48 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 31 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9006926533
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Plextor M6e PCIe M.2 256GB-$208 1,444 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.04 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2455 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3485 (B1) Unknown 100 100 172064 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 114 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 630988 (F2) Unknown 100 100 300434	123% Outstanding	Read 665 Write 538 Mixed 590 133% 598 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 39.6 149% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 409 DQ Write 392 DQ Mixed 20.9 120% 274 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 129%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 167 2400 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9650 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11354 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3397 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9595 (C2) HDA temperature 108 102 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	104% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 174 Mixed 160 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.28 128% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 783GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 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 100 98 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6190 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17314 (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 45866 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 40 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4559 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 98 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 138 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 470745116 (C2) HDA temperature 61 52 655294503 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 160458 (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 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	64.9% Good	Read 112 Write 114 Mixed 112 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.52 129% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 62%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 698GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 243 229 7833 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7878 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 28 28 52702 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4325 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 201 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7843 (C2) HDA temperature 108 100 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 40 40 43895 (F1) Unknown 200 200 71376369280 (F2) Unknown 200 200 52982395228	59.9% Above average	Read 111 Write 97.2 Mixed 94.5 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.52 140% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 65%
WD My Passport Elite 500GB 362 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 449GB free, PID 070b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 35.9 Write 37.3 Mixed 16.4 37% 29.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.33 55% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 18%

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 @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 27.1 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 25.6 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 47.6 84% 47.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 85%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,669x
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	254x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	197x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	172x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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